John H. Swarman Diary, 1875
John H. Swarman.
Rockville.
Mass
Saturday, April 10, 1875.
Went to Boston today
got ticket for California.
Monday 12
Spent the eve at Tylers
Tuesday April 13, 1875.
Snow storm to day
Thursday 15
Started for California
took cars at Norfok
Friday, April 16, 1875.
Left for Jersy stoped tele arrived
Saturday 17
Arrived in [?] at 8
Arrived at Altona 2 stoped 15 m
Snow squalls all day
Sunday 18
Stoped in Richmond Indiana till 10 at night Arrived in Loganport Kan over a calf on the way
Monday, April 19, 1875.
Took the cars at 8¼ for Peoria Stoped till 4 in morn
Tuesday 20
Took the cars for Omaha
Arrived here at 11 Oc
found the place full waiting for the road to be repaired
Wednesday 21
Took breakfast at [?]
paid 25 cts
Sent a paper home to day
Called on W Williams
Thursday, April 22, 1875.
Some talk of getting off
to day tired of hanging
around here
No sight of leaving here to day
Friday 23
three hundred more
Emegrants arrived last night
Started from Omaha
at 12 at night
Saturday 24
Stoped at Schulyer 7 oclock
Snowed all day
Sunday, April 25, 1875.
Stoped at Chyenne for supper
Monday 26
Stoped at Medacine bow half hour for breakfast 645 miles from Omaha
been passing through the Rocky Mountains all day
one man got left
Tuesday 27
Arrived at the wash out 800 hundred miles from Omaha
Wednesday, April 28, 1875.
Arrived in Ogden Utah at 6 oc left at 7 passed the great Salt Lake
Run in to Nevada stoped in the mountains for a train to pass 7 oc
Thursday 29
Arrived in Humboldt at half past seven 423 miles to San Francisco passed through the Serevenada mountains
stoped in Trukee
Friday 30
Got mad with W he has played the hog right up to the handle all the way
Arrived in Stocton
4 oclock
Saturday, May 1, 1875.
Go to Wilton then to Senora sent a letter home and paper from Wilton to Senora 40 miles in a coach got here at 8 at night all covered with dust
Sunday 2
Stoped at Tuttle Town close to the table mountains
Started on a tramp first thing Traveled 14 miles did not find a [?]
Write story. Blistered my feet
Monday 3
Feet all blistered W has gone over to Jackass Gulch pretty hard look should like to start home
Tuesday, May 4, 1875.
Walked six miles to Senora from Tuttle town W received a letter from home Sent a letter home to day
Wednesday 5
Layed a bed most all day with the neuraligy paying a dollar a day for bord
Hotter than hell here
Thursday 6
Started for Kinkade flat to see Mr Colburn
found Arthur Adams here when we got home
Friday, May 7, 1875.
took a walk with Arthur up in the mines where Spencer & Tuttle worked
Saturday 8
Went to see a man that had a heap of specimens splendid ones
Sunday 9
Layed around all day
got a few specimens
Monday, May 10, 1875.
Sent a letter home
Wel came Started for the mountains this morn digging fifty a month
Arthur started there
to walk on the road
Tuesday 11
Sent a paper to E H Tyler & to [?]
took a walk came back and read all day
Wednesday 12
Wrote a letter New Hutchis
Sent a letter to Mira Adams
Thursday, May 13, 1875.
Received a paper the Kickly from home
12 days after she sent the corn
She wrote to Addie Clark
Friday 14
Went and had a tooth pulled paid 4 00 dollars W. has just came back from the mountains
Dident I laugh ha ha
Saturday 15
Took a walk to the Golden gate got a few specimens
John H Swarm
Sunday, May 16, 1875.
Cold all day Went to see a lot of [?] fine [?] Gold for 20 dollars
John H Swar
Monday 17
Went to see W. [?] he has bet himself for a week
J H Swarman
Tuesday 18
Layed on the bed all day looked for a letter did not get one
J H Swarm
Wednesday, May 19, 1875.
Expected a letter but was disappointed been on the mountains all the forenoon
J H Swarman
Thursday 20
Loafed around all day no letter yet got sick of going to the office
John H Swarm
Friday 21
Received a letter from home dated the 11 also a paper
W came back to day
John H Swarman
Saturday, May 22, 1875.
Went to Lovetts and got some specimens of petrified wood sent a paper to E H Tyler one to me
Sunday 23
Received a letter from home and a post [?] order
Monday 24
Started for home at three in the morn rode 40 miles in a coach
Tuesday, May 25, 1875.
Started from Stockton at three in the morn
Started from Sacremento at 11
Wednesday 26
Arrived in Reno at seven from Trukee had a bottle of California Wine and two loaves of bread stole from my lunch basket
Thursday 27
Got specimens of copper from Battle Mountain a specimen of silver from Crown Point Nevada
Friday, May 28, 1875.
Got specimens of copper and silver at Terrace Utah
Saturday 29
Started from Ogden at 8 in morn
Sunday 30
Started from Green Briar at 4 in morn
Monday, May 31, 1875.
Bought specimens of moss agates and silver copper at Cheyenne
Tuesday, June 1
Stoped at Ogalalla
Wednesday 2
Started from Lone Tree
Arrived in Omaha at 5 PM
Thursday, June 3, 1875.
Started from Omaha at 5 AM for Cornal Bluff then for Kansas City arrived there at 6 PM
Friday 4
Arrived in St Lewis at half past six then for Toledo
Saturday 5
Arrived in Cleaveland at 7
Arrived in Albany 20 minutes of 1
Sunday, June 6, 1875.
Arrived in Framingham at 1 twenty Started on foot for home
Memoranda.
[something looks like Chinese]
Memoranda.
[?]
Memoranda.
Toledo Wabash Western
Lake Shore Michigan Southern
Buffalo Hudson River
DATABASE CONTENT
| (13802) | OT0185.030 | 204 | Diaries | 1875 |
Tags: Illnesses, Injuries, Mail, Railroads, Recreation, Weather
People - Records: 1
- (4920) [writer] ~ Swarman, John H.
SOURCES
John H. Swarman Diary, 1875, OT0185.030, Nau Collection
