Yvonne is currently working on the second transcription draft of her 2x great 
grandfather Hinsdale T. Shepard's diary which was found among his daughters' 
(Hattie Thornburgh & Blanche Smith) papers after their deaths.  She hopes to 
cite as much information as possible about the people he traveled with and 
visited in the five months it took to get from Fond du Lac to Yreka, CA.  
Shepard and his wife Roxey Griswold and children lived some 20 years in Yreka 
where he had an ironworks foundry.  They moved to Santa Barbara, CA. in 1874 
where most of his descendants still live, including Yvonne herself.  If 
anyone has any information about the following people, contact Yvonne and she 
will exchange with you what she has.

"H.T. Shepard   His Book 
        Presented by H.B. Budlong    Fond du Lac   March 25  '52"
Mar 27 - "Left Fond du Lac about 3 o'clock PM."  
"Arrived at Lester Bishop" [in Oakfield]
"Been to C. Griswolds"  [relatives of Roxey Griswold, HTS's wife]
"Father" Warner [between Oakfield and Waupan]
John F. McCollum [some 10 miles sw of Waupan]
"arived at Columbus.  Stopped at J. Butterfield Hotel."
"Stopped at W.H. Angell" [between Sun Prairie & Madison]
Harry Barnes [near Madison]
"put up at Brighames at the Blew Mounds" [Blue Mounds]
Wm Garlin  Iowa Co.
"Arrived at Galena [Illinois]found  [Thomas] Beebe".
J.T. McDole [Prairie Spring, Jackson Co., Iowa]

Apr 10-- "[Prairie spring]. Balance of boys came up about three PM there was 
25 stayed here last night Names of crew [with Wisconsin hometowns]": 
Leader, Tymathy O Whiting, Springvale, 
Wm. B. Disbro, "Co. of  Fond, t. of  springvale" 
Frasdiok G. Prouty, springvale Fond. Co, 
"Abijah Hubbard, do" [short for ditto] 
Joseph [?] B. Spencer, "do"
Lester Bishop, Oakfield 
James Cornell [? Caswell], "do"
Edwin Hubbard
Almonet [?] Swan, "do"
Thomas Beebee, Fond [Fond du Lac] 
Peter Highey [Higley? or Higby?], "do" 
Alberts Brill, Rosendale, 
John Mcdonald, Neenah 
Mortimer Willard, "do"
John Smith, Lamartine 
Lyman Hadyn [?] Wapon [Waupun]. 

Jonathan Higgins , Washington Town  Debuke [Debuque] Co.
John O. Salmon [or Salimon?] 
Stopd at Rosel [?] Crane, town Monticello, Jones Co."

"found old acquaintance of step Mother."
"stoped at Car [?] Butlers." 
"Peoples [a surname] came up with us today " [near Cedar Rapids]

"stopped at M. Harris [Jarvis?], Johnson County, Monroe town."
"Saw Henry & John Ware going to California."
"Took dinner at Wintertuns.  Had 3 pretty girls. Good visiting them. 
Methodist folks."

May 21 -   "we are in the Teritory of Nebraska    Saw the Omahaw Chief       
was at                                               washington 9 months ago."

"Spencer lost his coat."

[noted at top of page:] R L Dunn    Sherran Wisc

June 6 -- "Grave    Name  Stephen Hawk" 
"Beebe, Prouty & Myself went out hunting" 
June 15 - "lost Mortimer Willard, died with colera, Scotch [Scotts?] Bluffs."
"Mr. Neub [?] sick."
"saw Denison Shepard & Carlos King [??Thwing] 
"saw "Nisbot & Hoebyes [?Hodyes?] trains."

"Harris Dolly had kiled Charles Botts" [June 29-10 miles past Hells Gate]
"stopped over with George Clark."
"went on the salt lake road down the green river…Cro Indians are here" 
"Denison Shepard came in & campt"

"J Mcdonald & J Smith sick With Mountain fever"
"Edwin [Hubbard] is better."
"lots of Shoshones or Snake Indians."

"4 horses stole…out of Baird train."

"Saw Ware boyes had packed for the Michues[?].
"Came to Rabit holes…Shepard here."  
"Capt Nutter came up & advised us to go to Yreka." 
 [Aug 19, 10-20 miles past Black Rock Springs]
"Debuke train went on"
Aug 31 -- "1 man shot with an Arrow, T.H. Coats of Wis 
& J.A. Long, "do" [ditto--of Wisc too]
Wis[?Ohio] train [probably the Morrison train]
"found Coats & Long & 2 other packers, awfully mangled."
"met the Wis train."
"Capt McDermit etc Doct T. Lowery returned..."
"thay found Ownsby shot full of arrows."
"spencer & brill  Shot A Deer."
 

[HTS arrived in Yreka, CA. on Sept. 8, 1852]:
[Sept 12] "sent letter to Roxey [Griwold Shepard, his wife]/ 1 to Bishop 
[probably     Lester Bishop, who apparently split off from the HTS party]." 
[Sept 13] "boyes leave up this Morning for Mines.
Tho Beebee & Myself is all that is left." 
"Still Here in Doct Callinses [Collins'?] House
Moved downe to Doct Cummins [?] office
"wrote to Wife to day by way of Galony[?]"
Oct 3 - "Kellog [?] commenced work today all day" [last 1852 daily entry]

_____________________________

[Notes H.T. Shepard made at the back of his diary:]

"Com [company] that came out from Yreka Shasta Valley"
Charles Mc dermit 
Tho H. Coats    Wis     Person indians kiled Aug 30, 1852
John Nutter    Wis
Doct T. Lowrey from Indiana [?]
George Evens    Ohio
J.A. Long Wis    kiled by Indians Aug 30, 1852
J.R. Davis     Wis
Isack Tolin
A.M. Smith  [same as Judge AM Smith in Well's history???, p. 217]
Wm. Queen
H.B. Frame
Tho F. Hays
John Ownsby kilned by __[probably says Indians but word cut off ] Aug 30, 1852
The Above came out to assist Emigrants"

Richard's Powders [health-potion recipe listed]

"Wednesday March 31  1852  Tymothy O Whiting  
To paid in my share in horses & Waggon that Lester Bishop, Peter Higley 
[?Higbey], & myself bought in with Edwin hubberd    $50,00
April  Monday 26th 1852
To paid T.O. Whiting cash      ..50,00"

C Grummins [?]
Peter Shnapp [?]

Another page with notes
Lewis Scholl    St. Charles

Clayton M_____ Go____ [?]
Ishamal [?] Kutang [?] O_____ 
Cass Co. Indian town [?]
____ Stephen Hawks      
A T.[?] loomisd [??]   Wis
R L Dunn
__. M____

[1880 diary entries for round trip, Santa Barbara - San Francisco]:
arived at Santa Cruse Mon Morning    
Stoped at R.B. Handy

[in SF]stoped at 715 Howard St [oct 22]
Went to see bob Tilden    verry sick    
Saw Plutz & A Orr [?]