Gold Rush Letters – May 10, 1849
May 10, 1849 From letters published in the Missouri Whig, Palmyra ca May, 1849 FROM THE CALIFORNIANS ST. JOSEPH, May 10, 1849. MR. SOSEY — Dear Sir: We reached here to-day, all well, after a trip of three weeks. We travelled leisurely, finding the grass not sufficient to sustain our cattle without grain. St. Joseph … Read more