Edwin P. Banks is the grandson and Jamie Lytle–Webb is the great–granddaughter of diarist John Banks.
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Buckeye Rovers in the Gold Rush
An Edition of Two Diaries
By H. Lee Scamehorn
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Edited by Edwin P. Banks and Jamie Lytle-Webb
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. The Buckeye Rovers, along with thousands who traveled the overland route to California, endured numerous hardships and the seemingly constant threat of attacks from hostile Indians.
