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Mahan, Garland Jefferson, Diaries, 1864-1873, 1961, (C2586)

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Title	Mahan, Garland Jefferson, Diaries, 1864-1873, 1961, (C2586)
Temporal Coverage	1864-1867
Description	Diaries detailing a trip taken by ox train in 1864 from Cole County, MO, to Virginia City, MT. Also chronicled, although to a lesser extent, is the return trip by steamboat down the Missouri River in 1866. Diaries also include drafts of letters, notes, and lists of students. A typescript of the diaries, plus photos of some of the sites along the route taken in 1961, complete the collection.
Subject.LCSH	Missouri--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century Gold mines and mining--Montana Wagon Trains--West (U.S.) Indians of North America--Anecdotes Steamboats--Missouri River--History
Keywords	Steamboats; Missouri; Wagon trains; Overland diaries; Diary; Mahan, Garland Jefferson; Native Americans; Indians; Westward expansion; oxen; travel
Original Format	Manuscript (document genre)
Collection Number	C2586
Collection Name	Mahan, Garland Jefferson, Diaries, 1864-1873, 1961
Folder	f.1
Language	eng
Finding Aid	http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/descriptions/desc-pioneer
Contributing Institution	The State Historical Society of Missouri
Publisher	The State Historical Society of Missouri
Rights	This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). It may not be cited without acknowledgment to The State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, a Joint Collection of the University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri.

Title	Page 1
Creator	Mahan, Garland Jefferson
Date Original	1864
Temporal Coverage	1864
Description	Diaries detailing a trip taken by ox train in 1864 from Cole County, MO, to Virginia City, MT. Also chronicled, although to a lesser extent, is the return trip by steamboat down the Missouri River in 1866. Diaries also include drafts of letters, notes, and lists of students. A typescript of the diaries, plus photos of some of the sites along the route taken in 1961, complete the collection.
Subject.LCSH	Missouri�Emigration and immigration�History--19th century Gold mines and mining--Montana Wagon Trains�West (U.S.) Indians of North America--Anecdotes Steamboats--Missouri River--History
Keywords	Steamboats; Missouri; Wagon trains; Overland diaries; Diary; Mahan, Garland Jefferson; Native Americans; Indians; Westward expansion; oxen; travel
Original Format	Manuscript (document genre)
Collection Number	C2586
Collection Name	Mahan, Garland Jefferson, Diaries, 1864-1873, 1961
Folder	f.1
Language	eng
Finding Aid	http://shs.umsystem.edu/manuscripts/descriptions/desc-pioneer
Contributing Institution	The State Historical Society of Missouri
Publisher	The State Historical Society of Missouri
Rights	This material is protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code). It may not be cited without acknowledgment to The State Historical Society of Missouri and the Western Historical Manuscript Collection, a Joint Collection of the University of Missouri and the State Historical Society of Missouri.
Transcription	We are a band of brothers and native to our soil Fighting for the propety We gained by honest toil. And when our rights were threatened the cry was near and far to hoist on high the bonnie blue flag that bears the single star Hurrah! Hurrah! for Southern rights Hurrah! Hurrah for the bonnie blue flag that bears the single star

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