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Authors: Robert Lewis Taylor
The author is, of course, especially grateful to his wife, whose assistance throughout the preparation of this book and whose cheerful encouragement in the face of depressing odds were far beyond the call of marital duty.
R.L.T.
American Notes
, by Charles Dickens
George
W.
Applegate:
Letters from him and his father, Lisbon Applegate, about their journey to California by Panama and life in California and at the mines, 1849 to 1891
John Wodehouse Audubon and Others:
Memorandum of an agreement made, January 27, 1849, relating to the organization of an overland company, leaving New York for California, February 7, 1849
Roger Sherman Baldwin:
Letters to his family and other correspondence, written during his journey from New York to California by Nicaragua, and his stay in California, 1849 to 1856
The Book Needed for the Times, Containing the Latest Well-Authenticated Facts from the Gold Mines
, by Daniel Walton
A
Brief Biographical Sketch of James Bridger
, by John B. Colton
The California and Australia Gold Rushes
, by Amos S. Pittman
California and Its Gold Regions
, by Fayette Robinson
California as It Is, and as It May Be, or, A Guide to the Gold Region
, by Felix Paul Wierzbicki
Capture and Escape, or Life among the Sioux
, by Mrs. Sarah Larimer
Capture and Rescue of Rebecca
J.
Fisher
(by Rebecca Fisher)
Captured and Branded by the Comanche Indians
, by Edwin Eastman
Captured by the Indians
, by Mrs. Minnie Carrigan
The Child Captives
, by Margaret Hosmer
The City of Saints
, by Richard Burton
René August Chouteau:
Two letters, in French, to William Grant
Damon’s Trip to Lower Oregon and Upper California Death Valley in
1849, by William Lewis
Der Deutsche Answanderer nach den Verinigten Staaten von Nordamerika
, by Alexander Ziegler
News, The Deserei
, 1850 to 1898
Diary of a Journey from Burlington, Vermont, to St. Louis, and across the Plains to Sacramento; and of His Stay in California, 1849 to
1851, by Gurdon Backus
Diary of a Journey from Iowa, Overland to California, 1849; Experiences at the Mines, and the Voyage Home by the Isthmus
, 1851, by P. C. Tiffany
Diary of a Journey from Warren, Pennsylvania, to California, 1849
by Philip Badman
Diary of a Physician in California
, by James Lawrence Tyson
Diary of an Overland Journey from Independence, Missouri, to Weaverville, California, 1850
, by Abram Krill
Diary of an Overland Journey to Great Salt Lake City, 1849
, by Robert Bond
Diary of Rev. Edward J. Willis, Giving Account of Travell from Independence, Missouri, to California in 1849, across the Plains
Down the Century with Stewart’s
(STEWART DRY GOODS CO.)
1846—1946
, by Isabel McLerman McMeekin
Simon Doyle:
Journals and letters describing his overland journeys from Illinois to California in 1849 and 1854, his life in the mines, and his return journey in 1856 by Panama
Eclectic Practice of Medicine
, by John M. Scudder, M.D. (from the personal library of the author’s grandfather, Dr. Hodge Scott Taylor, of Golconda, Illinois)
Eighteen Years Captivity among the Indians
, by Joseph Barney
The Emigrants’ Guide to California, by
Joseph E. Ware
The Emigrant’s Guide to the Gold Mines
, by Henry I. Simpson
En Route to California
, 1850, by Caleb Booth
An Excursion to California, over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Siena Nevada, with a Stroll through the Diggings and Ranches of That Country
, by William Kelley, J. P.
Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnaissance of a New Route through the Rocky Mountains, in 1849
, by Howard Stansbury, Captain Corps Topographical Engineers, U. S. Army
A
Few Choice Samples of Mormon Practices and Sermons
Filings from an Old Saw—Reminiscences of San Francisco
, by Joseph T. Downey
President Millard Fillmore: Reports to Him from Judges Sent to Utah Fort Bridger
, by Col. Albert G. Brackett
Four Months among the Gold-finders in Alta California
, by Henry Vizetelly
A
Frenchman in the Gold Rush
, by Ernest de Massey
Friend
, The Honolulu
Fruits of Mormonism, or a Fair and Candid Statement of Facts Illustrative of Mormon Principles, Mormon Policy and Mormon Character, by More than 40 Eye-Witnesses
, by Nelson Slater
Geographical Memoir upon Upper California
, by John Charles Fremont
Girl Captives of the Cheyennes
, by Mrs. Grace E. Meredith
Gleanings by the Way
, by J. A. Clark
The Gold Places of California
, by Samuel Augustus Mitchell
The Gold Regions of California
, by George Foster
The Gold-Seeker’s Manual
, by David Thomas Ansted
Granville Company Diary
, from Zanesville, Ohio, to the Feather River Valley, 1849
Great Salt Lake City:
ordinances passed by the Legislative Council and ordered to be printed
Grey-Hawk: John Tanner’s Captivity among the Indians Guide to California, and the Mines, with a General Description of the Country
, by G. S. Isham
Haldeman’s Picture of Louisville
, by Peabody Poor (directory and business advertiser)
History of Kentucky
, by R. H. Collins
History of Louisville
, by Ben Casseday
History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties
Hooper’s Medical Dictionary
In Captivity, the Experience, Privations, and Dangers of Samuel J. Brown and Others While Prisoners of the Hostile Sioux During the Massacre and War of 1862
The Indian Captive
, by Matther Brayton
Indian Horrors of the Fifties
, by Jesse H. Alexander
Instructions For Collecting, Testing, Melting and Assaying Gold, with a Description of the Process for Distinguishing Native Gold
, by Edward N. Kent
William Henry Jackson:
Indian names from his Indian portraits
Journal of a Voyage to California, and Life in the Gold Diggings
.
And Also of a Voyage from California to the Sandwich Islands
, by Albert Lyman
Journal of an Overland Journey from Indiana to California
, 1852, by D. B. Andrews
Journal of an Overland Journey from Rochester, Wisconsin, to Georgetown, California, 1850
, by Abial Whitman
Journal of John Wood, as Kept by Him while Traveling from Cincinnati to the Gold Diggings in California, in the Spring and Summer of 1850
A
Journal of the Overland Route to California and the Gold Mines
, by Lorenzo D. Aldrich
Journal of the Suffering and Hardships of Capt. Parker H
.
French’s Overland Expedition to California, Which Left New York City, May 13
,
1850, and Arrived at San Francisco, Dec. 14
, by William Miles
Journal of Travel across the Plains to California and Guide to Future Emigrants
, by J. Shepherd
Journal of Travels over the Rocky Mountains
, by Joel Palmer
A
Journal of Travels to and from California, with Full Details of the Hardships and Privations, also a Description of the Country, Mines, Cities, Towns, etc.
, by John T. Clapp
Journal on & of the Route to California
, by F. D. Everts
A
Journal to Salt Lake City
, by Jules Rémy
Latter-Day Saints in Utah
, by Franklin Dewey Richards
Letters from the East and from the West
, by Frederick Hall
Letters of a California Pioneer
, by Moses Ellis
Life & Adventures among the Indians of the Far West in
1829, by Mrs. Gertrude Morgan
Life and Adventures of William Filley, Who Was Stolen from His Home in Jackson, Michigan, by the Indians, August 3rd, 1837, and His Safe Return from Captivity, Oct. 19, 1866, after an Absence of Twenty-nine Years (by William Filley)
A Live Woman in the Mines
, by Alonzo Delano
Louisville, Her Commercial, Manufacturing and Social Advantages
, by Richard Deering
Louisville
, 1780–1892, by Paul B. Woodlief
Louisville, the Gateway City
, by I. M. McMeekin
Louisville Directory, 1848–1849
, by J. B. Jegli
Memoirs of L. C. McKeeby
, 1809, containing a description of his journey to California in 1850
Memorial History of Louisville
, by J. S. Johnston
Men and Manners
, by Thomas Hamilton
Dr. Joseph Middleton: (of Louisville, Kentucky
) His letters and journal
The Miner’s Own Book Expositor, The Mormon
The Mormons; or Latter-Day Saints
, by Henry Mayhew
The Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints, in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake
, by Lt J. W. Gunnison of the Topographical Engineers
Mormon Sacred Hymns
Mormon Way-Bill to the Gold Mines
, by Joseph Cain
Mrs. Huggins’ Account as a Minnesota Captive
Names & Customs of Several Indian Tribes Located West of the Mississippi
, by John Dunn Hunter
Narrative of a Journey to California in
1849, L. N. Weed
Narrative of My Captivity among the Sioux Indians
, by Ann Coleson
Narrative of My Captivity among the Sioux Indians
by Mrs. Fanny Kelly
Nine Years among the Indians
, by Herman Lehmann
Notes on Upper California, from The American Journal of Science and Arts, 1849
, by James Dana
The Ohio River
, by Archer Butler Hulbert
O-Kee-Pa of the Mandans
, by George Catlin
The Old Oregon Trail:
A map by the American Pioneer Trails Association
The Outlaw Years
, by Robert Coats
An Outline History of an Expedition to California Containing the Fate of the “Get All You Can Mining Association,” 1849
Paintings and Names of North American Indians
, by George Catlin
Palmer’s Journals
The Plains
, by Isaac Cooper
Prairie Schooner Detours
, by Irene D. Paden
Recollections of a Handcart Pioneer of 1860
, by Mary Allen Hafen
Reporter
, The Samoan
A
Ride over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California. With a Glance at Some of the Tropical Islands, Including the West Indies and the Sandwich Islands
, by the Hon. Henry John Coke
The Rocky Mountain Letters of Robert Campbell
St. Maur, or, The Captive Babes Recovered
The San Francisco City Directory, Sept. 1,
1850
Seven Years of Street Preaching in San Francisco, California
, by the Reverend William Taylor
Sidney’s Emigrant’s Journal
Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings
, by Daniel B. Woods
Six Weeks in the Sioux Tepees
, by Sarah E. Wakefield
Sketches of California, 1848
, by Frederick A. Gay
Steamboats on the Western Rivers
, by Louis C. Hunter
Stewart Dry Goods Company, Louisville, in 1846
The Story of My Capture and Escape during the Minnesota Massacre of 1862
, by Mrs. Helen Mar
Sufferings of the California Emigrants in 1847
, by John Sinclair
Three Months Captivity among the Indians
, by Miss Abigail Gardiner
Three Months with the Wild Indians, or, Captured by Camanches
, by Ole Nystel
Three Years in California
, by Reverend Walter Colton, USN
A Thrilling Narrative of Indian Captivity
, by Mary Renville Butler
A Trip across the Plains, in the Spring of 1850
, by James Abbey
A Trip across the Plains and Life in California
, by George Kelley
The Truth for the Mormons
, by J. M. Grant
A Visit to Salt Lake; Being a Journey across the Plains and a Residence in the Mormon Settlements at Utah
, by William Chandless
A Vocabulary of Words in Hancock’s Harbor Language, on the North West Coast of
N.
America
, by Abraham Waters
Wake of the Prairie Schooner
, by Irene D. Paden
Westward America
, by Howard R. Driggs
What I Saw in California, Being the Journal of a Tour in the Years 1846, 1847
, by Edwin Bryant
Brigham Young:
Original manuscript letters to W. H. Hooper
Brigham Young:
Sermons