C. T. Wells’ account of a trip from Mulberry, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: 4026.8414
Description
C. T. Wells' account of a 15-day, 375-mile trip from Mulberry, Franklin County, Arkansas to Arkansas City, Kansas, which lasted from November 7 to 22, 1878. It also contains his comments on Sun City, Kansas from June 1879. It is addressed to "[t]o [his] friend Sallie." Folder 1
Dates
- November 7 - 22, 1878 and June 1879
Creator
- Wells, C. T. (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
From the Collection:
Materials in English
Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 1 item(s)
Medium
ink on paper
- American
- Animalia (kingdom) -- animals -- animal
- Arkansas (state)
- Arkansas City
- C. T. Wells Manuscript Collection
- Cahuilla (culture or style) -- Kawia
- Canis familiaris (species) -- dogs -- dog
- Cherokee (culture or style) -- Keetoowah
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Creek
- Creek Nation
- English (language)
- Equus caballus (species) -- horses -- horse
- Fort Smith
- Indian Territory
- Kansas
- Kaw (culture or style) -- Kansa
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Mulberry
- Muscogee -- Mvsoke -- Creek (culture or style) -- Muskogee
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Osage (culture or style)
- Sun City
- Van Buren (county)
- alcohol (general)
- beverages -- beverage
- camps (temporary settlements) -- camp -- camp sites
- food -- foods -- foodstuff
- friends -- friend
- handwritten letter
- indigenous people -- indigenous person -- aboriginal peoples -- native peoples
- script (typeface group) -- cursive typefaces -- script typefaces
- smoking
- strangers
- tents -- tent
- travel -- traveling -- traveled -- journeying
- wagons
Creator
- Wells, C. T. (Author, Person)
Repository Details
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