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- GLC#
- GLC05493.01-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 10 June 1862
- Author/Creator
- Russell, Samuel, 1835-1896
- Title
- to his mother and sisters
- Place Written
- Wyoming
- Pagination
- 6 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Written while at a stop near Devils Gate while traveling east to Bluff City, Tennessee from Utah with a wagon train. Discusses various aspects of travel, camp, and life on the trail. Describes the perils of river crossings, particularly the crossing of Hams Fork. Mentions that there are many emigrants on the trail, reading papers a few months old, and his inability to sell any tans.
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