Overland journey from Darien, Walworth County, Wisconsin, to Hangtown, California / by Silas Newcomb, 1850-1895.

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Overland journey from Darien, Walworth County, Wisconsin, to Hangtown, California / by Silas Newcomb, 1850-1895.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702126336

The journal describes the 1850 trip from Wisconsin to California traveling by stage and steamboat to St. Louis, St. Joseph, and Kanesville, where Newcomb joined the Beloit Company. The group went overland by the Platte and Sweetwater, Fort Bridger, Salt Lake City, Weber River, the Mormon Route, the California Trail, the Humboldt, Carson River, and Hangtown. The journal records Newcomb's work in the mines, his voyage to Oregon, and life there.

1 v. (231 p.) ; 32 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8011870

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Newcomb, Silas, 1822-

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Newcomb, of Madison, Wisconsin, lost his property in 1849 and went to California in 1850 and later to Oregon. In Oregon he accepted a position as teacher to the children of John Trapp of Benton County. From the description of Overland journey from Darien, Walworth County, Wisconsin, to Hangtown, California / by Silas Newcomb, 1850-1895. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702126336 ...

Beloit Company.

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