Title: A doctor's gold rush journey to California
Description: "One hundred and forty-nine years ago, a homeopathic physician luxuriously named Israel Shipman Pelton Lord trudged across the country in the midst of thousands of wagons, oxen, and seekers of the first free gold in history. Disappointed with the maps and guides of the day, Lord determined to set the record straight for future travelers."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Description and travel, Diaries, Gold discoveries, History, Overland journeys to the Pacific, California, gold discoveries
Places: California, Oregon National Historic Trail, Panama, West (U.S.)
People: Israel Shipman Pelton Lord (b. 1805)
Time periods: 1846-1850, 1848-1860