Title:
Transcript of the Diary of William Dunn
Record Group Number:
RG0707.AM
Collection:
William Dunn, 1842-1919
Location:
HQ
Box:
MSS Box 1
Contributing Institution:
History Nebraska; https://history.nebraska.gov/
Citation:
History Nebraska, RG0707.AM
Creator:
Dunn, William, 1842-1919
Date:
1865
Description:
A transcript of a diary entitled, "An account of a trip from Nebraska City to Denver with the Ingham and Christy train in the spring of 1865." The diary depicts the difficulties faced by traveling in midwinter, including muddy, mushy, or frozen roads; ice-caked stream crossings; blizzard conditions; and exhaustion from being "too cold to sleep." Biographical information on Dunn from published sources is also provided. (Dunn appears as entry #2009 in Merrill Mattes's Platte River Road Narratives.)
Language:
eng
Subject (Topics) :
Freight and freightage
Subject (Topics) :
Overland journeys
Source (Names):
Dunn, William, 1842-1919
Source (Places):
Nebraska City (Neb.)
Source (Places):
Otoe County (Neb.)
Source (Temporal):
1860s
Format-Extent:
13 pages
Format-Medium:
Diary
Format-Medium:
transcripts
Type:
Text
Relation:
original
Rights:
This item is believed to be protected by U. S. copyright and/or related rights. Digital access to this material has been provided by History Nebraska for nonprofit educational or scholarship purposes in accordance with section 107 of the U.S. Copyright code. History Nebraska cannot grant permission for reuse. You may need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s) for use of this item. The original object is available at History Nebraska. For more information contact: hn.web@nebraska.gov (Based on RightsStatements.org In Copyright 1.0) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en
File Format:
TIF
Date Digital :
08-23-2021
Identifier:
RG0707AMi0001-0013
