Pioneer Life in Illinois

A Trip to California in 1853 Recollections of a Gold Seeking Trip by Ox Train across the Plains and Mountains by an Old Illinois Pioneer

Death Valley in '49 Important chapter of California pioneer history. The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green Mountains to the gold mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men

Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul A Collection of Articles Written for and Published in the Daily Pioneer Press