The diary of a pioneer and other papers
Subtitle: being the diary kept by Niles Searls on his journey from Independence, Missouri, to California, between May 9th and October 1st, 1849, also brief autobiography written by Judge Searls in the year 1900, also excerpts from letters written to and by his wife, Mary C. Searls, 1848-1859.
By: Copied and compiled from original documents by their grandchildren, May Searls Heuer, Fred Searls, Jr., Carroll Searls, and Robert M. Searls, and printed as a memoir for their descendants.
Contributors: Searls, Mary Corinthia Niles, 1831-1910.; Heuer, May Searls, b. 1892.; Searls, Robert McMurray, 1886-
Publisher: Pernau-Walsh Printing Co.
Published: 1940
Place of publication: [San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Frontier and pioneer life -- California.
Notes: Illustration on t.-p.

Foreword signed: Robert M. Searls.