Luper, John Oregon Trail Crossing Diary (Transcription) A Transcript of John Lupers Oregon Trail trip log. Diary of crossing the Oregon trail beginning April 1853, until reaching Oregon in September of that year. Based on copy scanned and posted here: http://gettheball.com/pics/main.php?g2_itemId=2551
Smith, William J. Biography Probably from Historical and biographical record of Los Angeles and vicinity: containing a history of the city from its earliest settlement as a Spanish pueblo to the closing year of the nineteenth century : also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present / by J. M. Guinn. 940 p. : ill., ports. ; 30 cm. 979.493 G9