Two typed pages
List of campsites on the Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri
Cook, Walter – References to Trail Campsites in Jackson County, Missouri
Turner, Allen & Co. – St. Louis and William Ray’s Blacksmith Shop
Five typed pages
Four pages with research on the Turner, Allen & Company (or Turner & Allen) of St. Louis
One page with research on William Ray’s Blacksmith Shop
Cook, Walker – Emigrant Accounts of Well Known Campsites
Nine typed pages
Walter L. Cook research on “Emigrant Accounts of Well Known Campsites on the Blue Prairie Along the Independence to Santa Fe, Oregon, and California Trails in Jackson County, Missouri 1845 to 1853”
Trail Diaries – 1846
Six typed pages
Research notes consisting of excerpts from emigrant trail diaries of 1846 in the Independence and Jackson County, Missouri area
Pritchard, James A. – The Overland Diary, from Kentucky to California, 1849
Six printed pages
Four pages from a book “The Overland Diary of James A. Pritchard of Kentucky to California in 1849” Edited by Dale L.Morgan, [Denver] Fred A. Rosenstock, The Old West Publishing Company, 1959
Two pages of newspaper clippings about the Pritchard diary
Supplement to Archibald Rice’s Plantation Campground – July 1995
Three typed pages
Research notes “July 1995 Supplement to Archibald Rice’s Plantation Campground, 8 Miles from Independence on the Santa Fe, California, Oregon Pioneer Trails in the Spring of 1849”
Josselyn, Charles – Santa Fe Trail Tourist Pauses Here, 1964
Two typed pages
Newspaper article by Charles Josselyn, “Santa Fe Trail Tourist Pauses Here,” Raytown [Missouri] News, August 13, 1966
Mattes, Merrill J. – Platte River Road Narratives
Nine printed pages from a book
Mattes, Merrill J. “Platte River Road Narratives” Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1988
Pringle, Virgil and George McKinstry – Overland in 1846
Nine typed pages
“Overland in 1846” Diaries of Virgil Pringle and George McKinstry
Research notes consisting of excerpts from emigrant trail diaries of 1846 in the Independence and Jackson County, Missouri area [duplicate of “Trail Diaries – 1846]
Johnston, William G. – 1849 Trail Diaries
17 typed pages
“Overland to California” in the Memorable Year 1849, William G. Johnston, 1948
1849 Trail Diaries
Research notes consisting of excerpts from emigrant trail diaries of 1849 in the Independence and Jackson County, Missouri area
Swain, William – Letter, 1849
Two printed pages from an unknown book
Chapter III: “The Great California Caravan”
Letter of William Swain to his wife “Sabrina,” Sabbath May 20 [1849]
Bryant, Edwin – What I Saw in California,1846-1847
Printed pages from a book
Bryant, Edwin. “What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour . . . in the Years 1846, 1847” New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1848
cover, pp 18-25
Stewart, George R. – The California Trail, An Epic with Many Heroes
Printed and typed pages of research notes, including several from a book
Stewart, George R. “The California Trail: An Epic with Many Heroes” McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc.
Reid, Bernard J. – Overland to California with the Pioneer Line
Printed pages from a book
“Overland to California with the Pioneer Line: The Gold Rush Diary of Bernard J. Reid” Edited by Mary McDougall Gordon, Stanford [California]: Stanford University Press, 1983
Johnston, Wm. G. – Overland to California, 1849
33 pages of typed research notes, including excerpts from a book
Johnston, Wm. G. “Overland to California: A Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California . . . in the Memorable Year 1849” Oakland, California: Biobooks, 1949