Oregon-California Trails Association | Love, Alexander – Overland Journal, 1849, Pennsylvania to California

Love, Alexander – Overland Journal, 1849, Pennsylvania to California

Merrill J. Mattes Collection·

Typed pages

Journal 1849

Entries dated March 20, 1849 to September 3, 1849

California 1849-1852

Entries dated September 4, 1849 to March 5, 1852

The collection was begun in 1991 by the late Merrill J. Mattes, a co-founder of the Oregon-California Trails Association. That original nucleus was a result of a generous donation from Merrill and reflected his many years as an award-winning National Park Service historian and also included works of his own authorship. The collection is housed at the national Frontier Trails Museum in Independence, Missouri. Here, you have access to many of the original trail diaries he collected in digital form.