George Willis Read diary, 1850 May 2-August 19.

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George Willis Read diary, 1850 May 2-August 19.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/682172493

This leather bound original diary contains entries recorded by George W. Read from May 2 through August 19, 1850 during an overland journey from Independence, Missouri to Hangtown (Placerville), California.

1 volume (1 folder)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7971327

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Read, George Willis 1819-1880.

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George Willis Read (b.1819-d.1850) was a Pennsylvania doctor assigned by the Jefferson-California Company to serve as surgeon and captain of a wagon train that embarked from Independence, Missouri on May 1, 1850. This group of pioneers crossed the Sierra Nevada Mountains by way of Carson Pass and arrived in Hangtown (Placerville), California on August 18, 1850. After arriving in California, Read settled in the Sacramento Valley and operated a grain and fruit farm near Yolo. He also was a partner...