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Contributing Institution:
Society of California Pioneers
Title: Andrew Jackson Mason Diary
Identifier/Call Number: C058761
Physical Description:
1 folder
1 Diary
Date (inclusive): 1849
Abstract: This file contains a small, leather bound, hand written in ink diary, written by Andrew Jackson Mason, during his overland
journey from New Independence, MO to "the head waters of the Humboldt River" and the gold fields in 1849. The diary is in
good condition and the hand writing is very clear and legible throughout.
Language of Material:
English
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This file contains a small, leather bound, hand written in ink diary, written by Andrew Jackson Mason, during his overland
journey from New Independence, MO to "the head waters of the Humboldt River" and the gold fields in 1849. The diary is in
good condition and the hand writing is very clear and legible throughout. He makes daily entries detailing the weather, camp
locations, grass conditions, and rivers encountered and crossed, as well as several encounters with Native American's along
the way. He mentions the "Comanche and Shawnee" tribes by name. His wagon team made stops at Fort Laramie and several other
notable locations along the route West. While many of the daily entries are short and scant in information the journal in
its entirety is an invaluable resource for those researching the day to day activities of those early pioneers crossing the
vast and often hostile plains by covered wagon train.
Mr. Mason became a member of the Society of California Pioneers on May 4th, 1885. He arrived in California on September 5th,
1849.
Existence and Location of Originals
The Society of California Pioneers, 101 Montgomery St., Suite 150 The Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco CA, 94129
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Eva M. Schlipf
The Andrew Jackson Mason Diary. The Society of California Pioneers.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Frontier and pioneer life – California
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Society of California Pioneers.
Pioneers -- California -- History -- 19th century
Indians of North America - History - 19th century
Fort Laramie (Wyo.)