Asbill (Frank) Papers, 1827-1913

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Summary

Title:
Frank Asbill Papers
Dates:
1827-1913
Creators:
Frank Asbill
Abstract:
Extent:
Items: 6 folders Linear Feet: .33
Language:
Preferred citation:

Frank Asbill Papers. California State University, Chico

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of six folders of Frank Asbill’s typescripts: The Last of the West, The First and Last of the West, and The End of the Last of the West. Some of the typescripts are incomplete or are copies. In these accounts Frank Asbill describes the trek out west from Missouri of his family. The Asbill family settled in Bodega, while his father Pierce, uncle Frank and friend Jim Neafus headed to the mountains of Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, entering Round Valley, California May 15, 1854. The author describes his family meeting the Donner Party, gold miners, hunting, ranching, buckskin trade, outlaws, murder, cattle stealing, Indian hunting, Wailuku Indians, Yukian Indians, Sacramento and Hettenshaw Valleys, Yolo Bolly and Trinity mountains, Island Mountain, Covelo, Ulysses S. Grant; trading post of George Kingsley which later became the town of Red Bluff; Squaw capture and trade for horses with the Mexican vaqueros.

Biographical / historical:

Pierce Asbill, Frank Asbill, father and uncle of the author, and friend Jim Naphus entered Round Valley, California May 15, 1854. They came out west from Missouri in quest for land. The three men were known in the area as Indian hunters.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid created by California State University, Chico staff.
Date Prepared:
1827-1913
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:54 p.m.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research without restriction.

Terms of access:

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Preferred citation:

Frank Asbill Papers. California State University, Chico

Location of this collection:
California State University, Chico, Special Collections Meriam Library
400 West First Street
Chico, CA 95929-0295, US
Contact:
(530) 898-6603
SpecialCollections@csuchico.edu
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