William Renfro Rothwell papers, 1850.

3 v. (in a case) ; 25 cm.

English

Rothwell's trip home from California is documented in his journal. See Memoranda of Home Voyage from the California Gold Mines to the State of Missouri, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, WA MSS S-1432

Gift of William Robertson Coe.

Three parts. I. Notes of a journey to California in the spring and summer of 1850. II. Letters to his family, 1850. III. The Californian's Guide. A minute description..to the emigrant, 1850.

Rothwell, of Callaway County, Missouri, traveled to California in 1850, returned to Liberty, Missouri, and became a member of the faculty of William Jewell College.

The journal, letters, and guide describe Rothwell's trip across the Plains from Fulton, Missouri, to California, with his uncles Dr. W. E. Stephens and Capt. J. Price, and his brother-in-law J. P. Gibbs. They went by way of St. Joseph, Fort Kearney, the Platte, Fort Laramie, South Pass, Sublette's Cut-off, Hudspeth's Cut-off, the Humboldt and Carson, Hangtown, and the mines on Weber Creek. The last pages contain notes on mining. Rothwell sent his journal and guide back east to aid other emigrants.

June 01, 2002

William Renfro Rothwell Papers. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Miners United States.