Edwin P. Banks


Edwin P. Banks is the grandson and Jamie Lytle–Webb is the great–granddaughter of diarist John Banks.


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Cover of Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush

Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush

An Edition of Two Diaries

When “California Fever” raced through southeastern Ohio in the spring of 1849, a number of residents of Athens County organized a cooperative venture for traveling overland to the mines. Known as the “Buckeye Rovers,” the company began its trip westward in early April.…

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