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
- Animals
- Arkansas
- Arkansas City
- C. T. Wells Manuscript Collection
- Cherokee
- Cherokee Indians
- Cherokee Nation -- tsalagi ayeli -- tsalagiyi
- Creek
- Creek Indians
- Creek Nation
- English (language)
- Fort Smith
- Indian Territory
- Kansas
- Kaw
- Kawia Indians (Shoshoneans)
- Letter
- Manuscripts
- Mulberry
- Muscogee
- Muscogee Indians
- Native Americans
- Osage
- Osage Indians
- Sun City
- Van Buren
- aboriginal peoples
- alcohol
- beverages
- camp (temporary settlement)
- cursive script (general script by form)
- dogs (species)
- food
- friends
- handwritten letter
- horses (species)
- indigenous people
- smoking (activity)
- strangers
- tents
- travel
- traveling
- wagons
Creator
- Wells, C. T. (Author, Person)
Repository Details
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