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An overland journey, from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859

Chapter 1: AN OVERLAND JOURNEY, FROM NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO, IN THE SUMMER OF 1859.
By Horace Greeley
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The collection of letters chronicles an overland journey from the eastern seaboard across Kansas and the Plains, over the Rocky Mountains, through Utah and Salt Lake, into Carson Valley and the Sierra Nevada, and on to California. It blends vivid landscape description and practical travel detail with encounters among settlers, miners, Mormon communities, and Native Americans, reports on buffalo, deserts, and gold diggings, accounts of Yosemite and the giant trees, and reflections on mining, regional resources, and the prospects for rail and settlement.

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Title: An overland journey, from New York to San Francisco in the summer of 1859

Author: Horace Greeley

Release date: November 22, 2025 [eBook #77293]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co, 1860

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AN
OVERLAND JOURNEY,
FROM
NEW YORK TO SAN FRANCISCO,
IN
THE SUMMER OF 1859.

BY
HORACE GREELEY.
NEW YORK:
C. M. SAXTON, BARKER & CO.
SAN FRANCISCO: H. H. BANCROFT & CO.
1860.
Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by
HORACE GREELEY,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
C. A. ALVORD, PRINTER, NEW YORK.