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Diary of an Unknown Scout

Collection

Identifier: NC306

Abstract

Copy of a diary kept by an anonymous author on a journey from St. Joseph to Cedarville, California by way of the Humboldt and Carson Rivers in Nevada. Also included are letters, 1938-1966 from Ralph L. Phelps and Dale L. Morgan regarding the provenance of the diary and geographical details, and a typescript by Phelps.

Dates: 1854; 1938-1966

Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Filtered By

Subject: Humboldt River (Nev.) X
Subject: Overland journeys to the Pacific X
Names: Morgan, Dale L. (Dale Lowell), 1914-1971 X

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