Download or read book California: a Trip Across the Plains, in the Spring Of 1850 written by James Abbey and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Abbey was a member of a traveling party that left New Albany, Indiana, for California in 1850. He kept a day-by-day journal of his overland journey. Abbey provides a wealth of information about what it was like to travel overland by wagon in 1850.