Axton, E. C. – 1850 to California

Ayer, Edward Everett – 1860, Illinois to California

Bailey, Mary Stuart – Journal, 1852

Bailey, Washington – 1853 to California

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Bailey, Washington. A Trip to California in 1853, Recollections of a gold seeking trip by ox train across the plains and mountains by an old Illinois pioneer. LeRoy Journal Printing Company, 1915

Baker, Charles W. – Diary, 1865-1868, Montana, Idaho and Illinois

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39 typed pages

Diary entries

1865, 1866, 1867 – Trip to Montana

1867 – Trip to Montana-Idaho

1867 – Polo, Illinois

1868 – Polo, Illinois

 

Baker, Joan Rio – Pioneer Journal, 1851, England to the Salt Lake Valley

Baker, Mrs. Joan Rio – Pioneer Journal, 1851

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“Pioneer Journal of Mrs. Joan Rio Baker, from England to the Salt Lake Valley, 1851”

Excerpts printed in Herald Journal, Logan, Utah ca 1937

Baker, William B. – Diary, 1852

Ball, John – Autobiography

Barker, Anselm Holcomb – Diary, 1858

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Anselm Holcomb Barker 1822-1895 Pioneer Builder and Early Settler of Auraria, His diary of 1858 from Plattsmouth, Nebraska Territory, to Cherry Creek Diggings, the present site of Denver, Colorado With a number of keepsake rarities. Edited by Nolie Mumey. Denver, Colorado: Golden Bell Press, 1959.

Barnett, Wm B. and Wm Hague – Letter, 1841 from Weston, Platte County, Missouri

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Letter to Capt. Sutter or Mr Marsh

May 18, 1841

Barron, G. T. – Letters, 1850

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handwritten letters to his wife “Ruth”

May 1st, 1850

May 27th, 1850

June 11, 1850

Bartholomew, Jacob – Overland Diary to California, 1850

Barton, H. D. – Diary, 1865

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Kept by H. D. Barton in crossing the plains in 1865 from Wright Co., Iowa to California

Bell, Captain John R. – Journal, 1820

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The Journal of Captain John R. Bell, Official Journalist for the Stephen H. Long Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, 1820. Edited by Harlin M. Full and LeRoy R. Hafen. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1957

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six typed pages of diary entries [author and date unknown]