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James Sayre Griffing wrote from Topeka, Kansas Territory, to William Smyth, editor of the Owego (New York) Times. Griffing described in some detail his family's overland journey to Kansas Territory in a "double waggon." He commented upon the quantity and nature of provisions to take on an overland journey, methods for crossing streams and rivers, and the advantages of a good "fowling piece" for hunting wild game. Griffing also observed that the amount of travel in and through Kansas Territory had increased during 1859, due in part to the Pike's Peak gold rush.
Creator: Griffing, James S. (James Sayre), 1822-1882
Date: July 27, 1859
Item Number: 7619
Call Number: James Sayre Griffing Coll. #364 Box 1 Folder 6
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7619
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - Griffing, James Sayre
Community Life - Community services - Roads
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Hunting
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Environment - Wildlife
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Griffing, James Sayre, 1822-1882
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Non-motorized - Covered wagons
Transportation - Non-motorized - Wagons
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Roads
Transportation - Water - Ferries
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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