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An Overland Journey

An Overland Journey

by Horace Greeley

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Author
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872
Title
An overland journey, from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859
Original Publication
New York: C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co., 1860.
Credits
Richard Tonsing, Peter Becker, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
F590.3: United States local history: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains
Subject
Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 -- Travel -- West (U.S.)
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 77293
Release Date
November 22, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.AN OVERLAND JOURNEY, FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO, IN THE SUMMER OF 1859.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS. — I. FROM NEW YORK TO KANSAS.
  4. 4.II. NOTES ON KANSAS.
  5. 5.III. MORE NOTES ON KANSAS.
  6. 6.IV. MORE OF KANSAS.
  7. 7.V. SUMMING UP ON KANSAS.
  8. 8.VI. ON THE PLAINS.
  9. 9.VII. THE HOME OF THE BUFFALO.
  10. 10.VIII. LAST OF THE BUFFALO.
  11. 11.IX. THE AMERICAN DESERT.
  12. 12.X. GOOD-BYE TO THE DESERT.
  13. 13.XI. THE KANSAS GOLD-DIGGINGS.
  14. 14.XII. THE PLAINS—THE MOUNTAINS. — THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
  15. 15.XIII. THE GOLD IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
  16. 16.XIV. “LO! THE POOR INDIAN!”
  17. 17.XV. WESTERN CHARACTERS. — LIFE IN DENVER.
  18. 18.XVI. FROM DENVER TO LARAMIE.
  19. 19.XVII. LARAMIE TO SOUTH PASS.
  20. 20.XVII. SOUTH PASS TO BRIDGER.
  21. 21.XIX. FROM BRIDGER TO SALT LAKE.
  22. 22.XXI. TWO HOURS WITH BRIGHAM YOUNG.
  23. 23.XXII. THE MORMONS AND MORMONISM.
  24. 24.XXIII. SALT LAKE, AND ITS ENVIRONS. — LIFE IN UTAH. — POLYGAMY.
  25. 25.XXIV. THE ARMY IN UTAH.
  26. 26.XXV. FROM SALT LAKE TO CARSON VALLEY. — THE HUMBOLDT.
  27. 27.XXVI. CARSON VALLEY—THE SIERRA NEVADA.
  28. 28.XXVII. CALIFORNIA MINES AND MINING. — THE CANALS. — THE MINES. — MODES OF MINING.
  29. 29.XXVIII. CALIFORNIA—THE YOSEMITE.
  30. 30.XXIX. CALIFORNIA—THE BIG TREES. — COL. FREMONT’S MINES.
  31. 31.XXX. CALIFORNIA PHYSICALLY CONSIDERED.
  32. 32.XXXI. CALIFORNIA—HER RESOURCES.
  33. 33.XXXII. CALIFORNIA—SUMMING UP. — THE MOUNTAINS AND MINES. — POPULATION—EDUCATION—MORALS. — WHAT IS THE INDUCEMENT FOR FURTHER IMMIGRATION?
  34. 34.XXXII. CALIFORNIA—FINAL GLEANINGS. — RELIGION. — THE PRESS. — SAN FRANCISCO.
  35. 35.XXXIV. A RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC.

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