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Title
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A Map Exhibiting the Locality of the Nebraska Gold Mines and the Routes Thereto
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Description
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Map of Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, as well as Nebraska and Kansas Territories, showing railroad routes from Chicago, Saint Louis, and other towns to the Missouri River, past which various roads heading to the Rocky Mountain gold mines are shown. A table lists distances to Fort St. Vrain, a town at the eastern edge of the gold region, in Nebraska Territory.
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Date
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1859
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Object Type
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Map
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Title
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William Swain's Gold Rush Account
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Description
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Chapter II of the book describes the Missouri River portion of the start of the Gold Rush journey in 1849 as seen through the account of William Swain. Included are detailed entries of his diary and letters that he wrote back home. While in this area, he mentions the cholera epidemic, Independence, Missouri, etc. Swain was part of the Wolverine Rangers party that headed west to find their fortune in the gold fields of California.
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Date
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2002
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Object Type
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Book Section
