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R         Hershey, Charley, 1869-

188                  Diaries, 1883-1888.

                                    Five folders.

 

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These are diaries of a young itinerant peddler from Joplin in Jasper County, Missouri.  Her­shey and his brothers canvassed the mining towns in Jasper County and in Kansas.  They made a journey down the White River in Arkansas in 1884, and went to California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado in 1886.  The collection also includes a fragment of a short story, “Goldeye's Trip to the Hills,” n.d.

 

 

Folder 1: Typescript of diaries, 1883-1886.

This typescript, prepared by the Joplin Historical Society, includes the first two dia­ries, dated through July 1886.

 

Folder 2: Diary, 7 October 1883--30 September 1884.

Hershey’s trip down the White River into Arkansas and his run-in with “Ku Klux­ers” are described in this diary.

 

Folder 3: Diary, 1 January 1886--31 July 1886.  “Goldeye’s Weather and Transaction Book.”

Hershey and his brothers left for California in April 1886.  They spent most of April and May in California, June in Nevada and Utah, and July in Colorado.  The di­ary entries contain descriptions of travels and sights in the west.

 

Folder 4: Diary, 1 January 1888--31 December 1888.

Entries in this volume record many short peddling trips to Carthage, Oronogo, and Carl Junction.  Hershey also traveled south to Granby and Neosho, and west to Pittsburg, Kansas.

 

Folder 5: “A Story of Goldeye's Trip to the Hills, or, a Visit to the Old Ranger’s Ranch,” n.d.

A four-page fragment of a short story written by Charley Hershey, nicknamed “Gold­eye.”

 

 

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