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Diary of a Gold Rush Trek Across Distances and Dangers
A passenger diary records a multiweek overland journey of about 2 000 miles from Fort Kearney to Sacramento City in 133 days. The writer details dusty roads through Humbolt and Bear rivers, Indian attacks and skirmishes, cattle losses, paroled captives, and harsh desert traverses to reach gold mines and Placerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mumbolt
Humbolt River
California
Saint Mary's River
Rocky Mountains
Saint Mary’s River
Stony Point
Aout
Saint Mary River
Humbolt Riv
Big Meadows
Humbolt Basin
Humbolt
Salmon Trout River
Trout River
Serra Navada Mountains
Serra Nevada Mountains
Uba River
Bear River
Little York
North Fork
American River
Placerville
Fort Kearney
Forks of the Pi
Chimney Rock
Scott's Bluffs
Fort Laramie
Red Butts
South
Green River
Fort Bridger
Weber River
Salt Lake City
Serra Neo
Sacramento City
San Francisco
Great American Desert