Title Ham, eggs, and corn cake : a Nebraska Territory diary / Erastus F. Beadle ; introduction by Ronald C. Naugle

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2001

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 130 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Book collections on Project MUSE Summary Three years after the Kansas-Nebraska Act embroiled the plains states in a struggle that presaged the war to come, the irrepressible Erastus F. Beadle left his home in Buffalo, New York, and set out for the territories to see about some land. Specifically, Beadle had a stake in the Sulphur Springs Land Company, an enterprise that proposed to build the community of Saratoga just north of Omaha for prospective settlers, who were arriving by the boatload. In diary pages and letters home, Beadle noted his impressions-the details, anecdotes, and characters that filled his days-and in doing so, left a remarkable record of a bygone way of life in the American West. Beginning with his three-month journey westward, Beadle takes us from the hardships and amusements of travel on the "Big Muddy" to the magnificent sight of a prairie fire at night, from the political propaganda abroad in the "slavery stronghold" of Kansas to the realities of doing business on the Nebraska frontier. Whether describing roads or water routes, mishaps or accommodations, finances, politics, or daily life, Beadle writes with an immediacy and character that make his diary as entertaining as it is informative-a living, intimate chapter of American history Notes "Bison books"--Preliminary page Originally published as: To Nebraska in '57 : a diary of Erastus F. Beadle. New York : New York Public Library, 1923 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 -- Diaries Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 -- Travel -- Middle West SUBJECT Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 -- Travel -- Middle West Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 -- Diaries Beadle, Erastus Flavel, 1821-1894 fast Subject Pioneers -- Nebraska -- Diaries Frontier and pioneer life -- Nebraska Frontier and pioneer life -- Middle West HISTORY -- State & Local. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. Frontier and pioneer life Manners and customs Pioneers Travel SUBJECT Nebraska -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Omaha Region (Neb.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century Omaha Region (Neb.) -- Biography Subject Middle West Nebraska Nebraska -- Omaha Region Genre/Form autobiographies (literary works) Autobiographies Biographies Diaries Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2001027704 ISBN 0803202458 9780803202450 080326187X 9780803261877 1280465751 9781280465758 9786610465750 6610465754

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