Journal of Solon Shedd 1852 Original in the ... - Oregon Pioneers

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P77Very good grass. Cloudy with rain. Roads good.Fri. Aug. 20 th 1852 We were delayed this morning in finding our horses. Drove18 miles and arrived at our destined place in the Willamette Valley OregonTerritory. Staid at Widow Farlows. Crossed the Santa Am at Santa Am City andwere ferried free. Good roads and beautiful country. Cloudy but no rain. Goodgrass for our horses.Sat. Aug. 21 st 1852 I cast up our expenses and made a settlement. Staid at Mrs.Farlows. Crossed Pleasant weather.P78Commenced to write a letter home.Sun. Aug. 22 nd 1852 Called at Mr. George Millers. Finished one letter andcommenced another. Good weather, staid at Mrs. Farlow’s.Mon. Aug 23 rd 1852 Wrote a little Went to Santa Am. And staid at Mrs. Farlow’sPleasant,Tues. Aug. 24 th 1852 I went out hunting and killed two grouse those with mekilled a deer. I went to Santa Am. Slept with ‘len’s Farlow in his house. Pleasant.P79Wed Aug. 25 th 1852 Wrote letter Went to Abraham Miller’s and put a rivet into myknife. Staid at Mrs. Farlow’s Warm Pleasant weather,Thurs. Aug. 26 th 1852 I traded my horse for an Indian pony and about 3 o’clockPM started for Shasta City Cal. Crossed the Willamette at Albany. Staid at Jno.Stewart’s, Polk co. pleasant day. Rode 14 miles expenses including ferriage 1.12½.Fri. Aug 27 th 1852 Passed through Marysville. Crossed Marys river camped atnoon on the “Long Tom”. Travelled 30 miles good roads. Staid at Mr. [Gibsons]P80good grass Expenses $1.00Sat. Aug 28 th 1852 Started tolerable early. Yesterday I got in company with aFrenchman Manuell Bartlett going to Rogue river. We got our supper at the footof the Calapooia mountains then crossed them. Slept under an oak tree in asmall prairie. Good grass. Road very good except the mountains. Rode 40 milesExpenses $1.75Sun. Aug 29 th 1852 Rode 32 miles Roads good a few high hills crossed the north[Umpqua] on to Winchester slept under […..] 2 miles from the river Pleasant andgood grass
P81Mon. Aug. 30 th 1852 Rode 28 miles crossed the south Umpqua and cow creekand stopped one mile from the mouth of the canon. Hilly roads A beautiful valleySo. Umpqua. Good grass. Pleasant expenses $1.25Tues. Aug. 31 st 1852 Rode to the canon and took breakfast the canon wecrossed canon creek 93 times and the creek running south 8 times. [….es]traveling in canion creek [..] or three miles very rocky hilly road. Travelled 32miles. Stopped on [ Grave] creek Pleasant weather. Good grass Expense $1.37½.P82Wed. Sept. 1 st 1852 Started at sunrise. Made five miles before breakfast here mycompany and myself parted he going [down] rogue river. I [np.?] Forded the riverat Evans where I staid all night. Tolerable road 0065penses $1.75. Rode 25miles Pleasant.Sept. 2 nd 1852 Rode to [Jacksonville] & Eli Moore and hunted for Jas. C.[McBride] & Eli Moore but did not find them. Rode on 3 miles [heared] of Mooreand staid the night. Good grass Pleasant Ex. [?] (expenses)Fri. Sept. 3 rd 1852 Staid at Collins all day. Pleasant. Very smoky. Met Eli B.Moore at Collins Ranch.P83Sat. Sept. 4 th 1852 Started with Eli B. Moore & C. Landrith Travelled 33 miles.Good roads till we got to the Siskiyou mountains Staid at a Ranch at the Southfoot of the mountains Pleasant Expenses $1.50Sun. Sept. 5 th 1852 Rode into Wyreka (sic) and put up with Landrith. Good roads.Very windy. Crossed the Klamath & Shasta rivers. Rode 28 miles.Mon. Sept. 6 th 1852 I staid in Yreka waiting for company to Shasta City. Read theMatricides Daughter cool.Tues. Sept. 7 th 1852 Started from Yreka late. Rode 30 milesP84crossed one mountain and traveled up Scott’s Valley. Stopped 10 miles fromBackbone mountain. Good road & grass. Pleasant cold weatherWed. Sept. 8 th 1852 Travelled 25 miles Very stony road did not reach a housepleasantThurs. Sept. 9 th 1852 Rode 18 miles in company with the express. Staid atMary’s Ranch Pleasant. Rough roads.Fri. Sept 10 th 1852 Rode 33 miles Took dinner at French gulch. Staid at the FreeBridge house on clear creek. Very Warm. Hilly. Rough road.[end of diary] – several pages of ledger entries follow. Upside down,starting from back, continue to this page. Pagination continues from diaryperspective. Some entries are preceded by an x, appearing to be check offs – oritemizations for settlements.
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Page 3 and 4: P5Doak’s Cool changeable with a l
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Page 18 and 19: P6810 miles and camped for the rest
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Page 24 and 25: P90FarlowApr 28 Ferrying south rive
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