Overland journey : from Leesburg, Pennsylvania, to the California mines / by Alexander Love, 1849-1852.Love, Alexander, 1810?-1849-1852Love's journal describes the 1849 trip from Pennsylvania to California, going by boat to St. Louis and Independence, then overland by the Platte, the Sweetwater, Sublette's Cut-off, Fort Hall, the California Trail, the Humboldt, the Truckee, Yuba and Bear rivers. Love describes prospecting in the Sacramento River Valley, troubles with Indians, and his life at Maj. P. B. Reading's ranch. He decided to sail home in 1852 by way of Panama.Diary and typed transcript stored in a case.Gift of William Robertson Coe.The diary is composed of four notebooks and various sizes of letter paper sewed together in a homemade calf binding.text