Contents

Editor’s Introduction

A TRAVEL DIARY IN 1854, by Sarah Sutton

Introduction

Family Letters

THE VERMILLION WAGON TRAIN DIARIES, 1854 by Anna Maria Godell and Elizabeth Austin

Introduction

The Diaries

FROM UTAH TO TEXAS IN 1856, by Ellen Hundley

Introduction

The Diary

DELAWARE TO UTAH, 1857, by Sarah Maria Mousley

Introduction

Sources and Family Members

Persons Named in Diary

The Diary

TO PIKE’S PEAK AND NEW MEXICO, 1858, by Julia Anna Archibald [Holmes]

Introduction

The Letter

FROM ASHTABULA TO PETALUMA IN 1859, by Harriet Booth Griswold

Introduction

The Diary

A SALT LAKE CITY STOPOVER, JULY 1859, by Hannah Keziah Clapp

Introduction

The Letter

THE TRIP TO CALIFORNIA, 1860, by Martha Missouri Moore

Introduction

The Journal

 

Illustrations

ELIZABETH [AUSTIN] ROEDER

ELLENOR HUNDLEY

JULIA ARCHIBALD HOLMES

HANNAH KEZIAH CLAPP

MARTHA MISSOURI MOORE