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Order Number	00031795
Title	Jayhawker trek
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE box 2193-Jayhawkers.
Date	1931
Physical Description	1 photograph :b&w
Description	The Jayhawker emigrants, who started from Illinois in 1849, came to grief when they attempted to take a short cut through the sun-scorched wastes of waterless Death Valley. They almost perished from thirst and had to eat many of their oxen to avoid starvation. They then abandoned their wagons and marched on as shown in this picture of their desperate journey. Finally 32 straggling survivors reached a haven at Del Valle ranch near Castaic Junction, from which several later continued their journey to the mines.
Subject	Jayhawker Party. California--Gold discoveries. Castaic (Calif.). Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection