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Book/Printed Material Scharmann's overland journey to California, from the pages of a pioneer's diary;

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Title

  • Scharmann's overland journey to California, from the pages of a pioneer's diary;

Summary

  • Herman Scharmann left Germany as head of a company of gold-seekers bound for California in 1849. Scharmann's overland journey to California (1918) describes his family's journey from New York to their wagon train in Independence, Missouri, and the trip across the Plains via Fort Kearny and Fort Laramie. When his wife and daughter die shortly after reaching California, Scharmann and two sons push ahead to the gold fields at Feather River and Middle Fork, and the American River and Negro Bar. He offers a brutal picture of the exploitation of emigrant parties and of the drudgery of prospecting and of towns like Marysville, Sacramento, and San Francisco, 1849-1851.

Names

  • Scharmann, Hermann B., 1838-
  • Zimmermann, Margaret Hoff.
  • Zimmermann, Erich W. (Erich Walter), 1888-

Created / Published

  • [n.p., 1918]

Headings

  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • -  Frontier and pioneer life--California
  • -  Ethnic groups--California

Notes

  • -  Reprinted from New Yorker Staats-Zeitung, 1852.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

Medium

  • 114 p. front. (port.) illus. 17 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .S31

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 19005305

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication. No copyright registration found.

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Scharmann, Hermann B, Margaret Hoff Zimmermann, and Erich W Zimmermann. Scharmann's overland journey to California, from the pages of a pioneer's diary. [N.P, 1918] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/19005305/.

APA citation style:

Scharmann, H. B., Zimmermann, M. H. & Zimmermann, E. W. (1918) Scharmann's overland journey to California, from the pages of a pioneer's diary. [N.P] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/19005305/.

MLA citation style:

Scharmann, Hermann B, Margaret Hoff Zimmermann, and Erich W Zimmermann. Scharmann's overland journey to California, from the pages of a pioneer's diary. [N.P, 1918] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/19005305/>.