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"A Journal of our Travels across the Mountains to California""Following is an account, copied
word for word from notes made in pencil in his notebook, by my grandfather, George R. Hamerick, of travel by wagon train from
Missouri to California in 1863. George M. Taylor"
Months of Journal
Places Travelled or Described
Just as Recorded in Hamrick
Overland Journal
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Miles Traveled
if Noted |
Date in
Journal
|
Approximate
Present Day
Location |
Camp Grasshopper
Sweet Water
Summit Rocky Mountains
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7 |
July 1, 1863
|
Wyoming |
Fremont's Peak
Rocky Mountains
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30 |
July 2, 1863
|
Near 'South Pass',
Wyoming |
Little Sandy
Big Sandy
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25 or 30 |
July 3, 1863
|
Wyoming |
Big Sandy
|
12 |
July 4, 1863
|
Wyoming |
Green River
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|
July 5, 1863
|
Wyoming |
Green River
Ham's Fork
|
22 |
July ,6 1863
|
Wyoming |
Ham's Fork of Green River
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|
July 7 and 8, 1863
|
Wyoming |
Ham's Fork
Black Fork at Green River
Fort Bridger
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18 |
July 10, 1863
|
Wyoming |
Fort Bridges
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15 |
July ,11 1863
|
Wyoming |
Bear River
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18 |
July 12, 1863
|
Wyoming |
Bear River, Yellow Creek
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12 |
July 13, 1863
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Close to or in Utah/Wyoming |
Yellow Creek, Echo Canion
Echo Creek
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20 |
July 14, 1863
|
Utah |
Echo Canion Rock
Webber River
Mormon Village
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July 15, 1863
|
Utah |
Webber River, Silver Canion Creek
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12 |
July 16, 1863
|
Utah |
Silver Creek, South Park Canion
Great Salt Lake
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|
July 17, 1863
|
near Salt Lake, Utah |
Salt Lake Citty
Jordan River
Webber and Bear Rivers
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July 18, 1863
|
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Great Salt Lake Citty
Humbolt River
A. Pekinses'
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11 |
July 19, 1863
|
Utah |
Camp Perkins, Webber River
|
27 |
July 20, 1863
|
Utah |
Webber River, North Ogden
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10 |
July 21, 1863
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North of SLC, Utah |
North Ogden, Sulphur Springs
Point of the Bluffs, Box Alder
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23 |
July 22, 1863
|
Utah |
Box Alder
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9 |
July 23, 1863
|
Going North around
Salt Lake, Utah |
Bear River
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July 24-26, 1863
|
Utah |
Bear River
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25 |
July 27, 1863
|
Utah |
Spring Branch, Deep Creek
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15 |
July 29, 1863
|
Utah |
Sinks of Deep Creek, Cedar Springs
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about 16 |
July 30, 1863
|
Utah |
Cedar Springs
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23 |
July 31, 1863
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Go West toward Nevada,
still in Utah |
August Places Travelled
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