P.E. HINDORFF

~ MANUFACTURER AND DEALER 18-- ~

HARNESS, .........................SADDLES,
WHIPS, ETC., ETC.
Lewis, Iowa______188_

38 cars -10 Emigrant
Ogden, Utah_____(written in)____left at 10 or11,1883 Nice orchards & farms for two or 3 stations
passed by Cape Horn and Salt Lake after
night. Sunday could see Salt Lake -
nice. Got out and took Leora out too.
Leora seen little Indians on top of Mts. I got rock No.1 at Independence (Rock)
between 2 & 3. Monday Oct. 15th. Seen
.........................Golconda for breakfast.......................
Mts. sa(w) graves, seen Indians - Leora
gave apple. Got to Winneonucca at noon.
Stayed 2 hours there. Were silver mines. Hot springs, Indian huts -seen them
drying meat; chinees girl, hack. Gus took Leora up town -seen hot springs after
Humbolt. Got a fountain and swum
green yard passed Humbolt L. 15 mi
long 8 wide & white desert. Moon was
eclipse, men got drunk, tramps,
bought milk Lovesdale.

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Oct 16th

Reno nicest place yet. Got bread & cakes
& milk for breakfast. Seen graveyard
& next nice place at saw mill - See where
they eregate. Nice Pines all over Mts.
Wood by 1000s of cords (at) Boca, Truckee
River Seeneries all way from Reno;
Boca has a brury & lumber mill.
- passed through Truckee; passed Cape
Horn by moonlight Got to Sacramento
between 11 & 12 PM. Stayed till 4
or 5 P.M. Went saw boat & capital.
Went to Lathrope at 9 -stayed till
4 in morning Thursday Oct. 18