The Westerners Brand Book #18 (1991)
The Bidwell-Bartleson Party.
1841 California Emigrant Adventure.
The Documents and Memoirs of Overland Pioneers
Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., Editor
Contents
- A Journey to California, 1841: The Journal Account of John Bidwell
- California 1841: An Immigrant’s Recollections of a Trip Across the Plains – John Bidwell
- The First Emigrant Train to California – John Bidwell
- Statement of Historical Facts of California – Josiah Belden
- Letter of Josiah Belden to his Sister, Mrs. Eliza M. Bowers
- A Visit to California in Early Times – Col. J.B. Chiles
- Narrative of Nicholas “Cheyenne” Dawson: Overland to California in 1841
- Narrative of Charles Hopper, A California Pioneer of 1841
- The Two Diaries of James John
- The Recollections of Nancy Kelsey
- An 1856 Letter by James P. Springer
- The Recollections of Robert H. Thomas
- Extracts from Three Letters by Pierre Jean DeSmet to his Superior
- Narrative of the Rockies – Father Gregory Mengarini
- Historical Notes – Father Nicholas Point
- Narrative of a Tour from the State of Indiana to the Oregon Territory in the Years 1841-2 – Joseph Williams
- The 1841 Overland Caravan: A Census Summary
- Biographical Sketches of the 1841 California Overland Pioneers
- Miscellaneous Documents
400 copies were printed.
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