Author |
Webster, Kimball, 1828-1916 |
Contributor |
Browne, George Waldo, 1851-1930 |
Illustrator |
Holland, Frank |
LoC No. |
18022511
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Title |
The gold seekers of '49 : a personal narrative of the overland trail and adventures in California and Oregon from 1849 to 1854
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Original Publication |
Manchester: Standard Book Company, 1917.
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Credits |
Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
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Summary |
Kimball Webster (1828-1916), a New Hampshire farmer, began his overland journey to California in April 1849, and remained in California and Oregon until 1854. The gold seekers of '49 (1917) uses Webster's diary as the basis for the account of his trip to California via a wagon train from Independence, Missouri, and his first weeks in the Sacramento Valley. A much later narrative picks up the story of his later career in California as a goldseeker on the Feather River and Nelson's Creek mines, 1849-1850; descriptions of Sacramento, Yuba City, and Marysville; and surveying in Oregon, 1851-1854.
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Language |
English |
LoC Class |
F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
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Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- California
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Subject |
Overland journeys to the Pacific
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Subject |
Frontier and pioneer life -- Oregon
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Subject |
California -- Gold discoveries
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Category |
Text |
EBook-No. |
71572 |
Release Date |
Sep 5, 2023 |
Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
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