The argonauts of 'forty-nine
Subtitle: some recollections of the plains and the diggings
By: by David Rohrer Leeper. Illustrated by O. Marion Elbel ...
Publisher: J.B. Stoll & company, printers
Published: 1894
Place of publication: South Bend. Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
Subjects: Ethnic groups -- California; Business -- California; California -- Gold discoveries
Description: David Leeper (1832-1900) left South Bend, Indiana, for an overland trip to the California gold fields in February 1849. The argonauts of forty-nine (1894) details Leeper's journey west and his life in California, 1849-1854: prospecting at Redding's Diggings, Hangtown, and the Trinity River; lumbering around Eureka; and early Sacramento and Humboldt Bay. Leeper shows special interest in the Digger Indians, illustrating the book with sketches of tribal garb in his personal collection.
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