Journal March 13, 1852, 1852 Mar. 13-1854 Aug. 5.

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Journal March 13, 1852, 1852 Mar. 13-1854 Aug. 5.

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Diary containing entries dated Mar. 22, 1852-Aug. 5, 1854, documenting Van Schaick's experiences travelling overland with the Oneida California Company and working as a gold miner, agricultural laborer, and logger in California.

1 v. (242 p.) ; 20 cm.

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Overland traveller and California pioneer. On April 5, 1852, Holmes D. Van Schaick, a native of North Manlius, Onondaga County, N.Y., began his journey to California with the Oneida California Company. Van Schaick travelled by rail to Erie, Pa., south by canal boat to the Ohio River, and then by steamboats on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers to St. Joseph, Mo. On May 11, the company started over the plains, traversing the Platte River road and arriving at South...