Leeper, David Rohrer,  1832-1900. <br/><br/>
The argonauts of 'forty-nine,  some recollections of the plains and the diggings, 
by David Rohrer Leeper. Illustrated by O. Marion Elbel ... 
 - South Bend. Ind.,  J.B. Stoll & company, printers,  1894. 
 - 146, xvi p.  illus.  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> David Leeper (1832-1900) left South Bend, Indiana, for an overland trip to the California gold fields in February 1849. The argonauts of forty-nine (1894) details Leeper's journey west and his life in California, 1849-1854: prospecting at Redding's Diggings, Hangtown, and the Trinity River; lumbering around Eureka; and early Sacramento and Humboldt Bay. Leeper shows special interest in the Digger Indians, illustrating the book with sketches of tribal garb in his personal collection. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>rc 01000803  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Ethnic groups--California.<br/>Business--California.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>California--Gold discoveries.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F865  / .L48