Name/Title
Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush: An Edition of Two DiariesEntry/Object ID
L1987.1.160Description
Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush: an Edition of Two Diaries is the account of a group of residents from Athens County, Ohio who organized a cooperative venture for traveling overland to the gold mines in 1849.
The parties traveled by steamer as far as St. Joseph, MO, where it purchased three wagons, eleven yoke of oxen, one yoke of cows, and food stocks, leaving St. Joseph in early May.
It tells of the hostile Indians and Cholera, the two worst enemies that they faced. They also discovered that the rich strikes had become extremely rare. John Edwin Banks' diary is the more complete of the two diaries and gave great detail to many aspects of the journey. J. Elza Armstrong, in contrast to John Edwin Banks, is brief, even laconic, and seldom says anything that his companion does not say at greater length and with more meaning. Yet the contrast brings into focus divergent personalitites whom the gold rush affected in varying ways.
195/Hardbound/Illustration/Map/Photograph.Lexicon
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CholeraSearch Terms
Diary, Trails, California Trail, Emigrant Companies, Gold Rush, Native AmericanBook Details
Author
Scamehorn, Howard L., EditorPlace Published
City
AthensState/Province
OhioDate Published
1965Call No.
Western SCLCCN
64-22889Notes
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Person or Organization
John Banks