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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Cornelius C. Cox Diary |
| Author | Cox, Cornelius C |
| Date | Apr 1849-1874 |
| Document Type | Personal Account |
| Reference | 2D12 |
| Library / Archive | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
| Description | Diary of an overland trip from Texas to California in 1849 including details of the camps, gold prospecting, American Indian communities and sights along the way. |
| Theme(s) | Onward Travel |
| Places | Austin, El Paso, Fredericksburg, Texas, San Diego, Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Nationality | American; American Indian; Dutch; Mexican; English |
| People | McAllister, James |
| Keywords | gold rush, westward expansion, emigration, agriculture, livestock, population, hunting, timber, geography, geology, Apache, mountains, camp, women, death, health and sickness, railway, racism, scalping, food, copper, mining, rabies, animals |
| Additional Information | Presented by Mrs Nellie Stedman Cox in 1924. The diary was published in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 29, 1925-1926. |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin |
