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Pioneering on the plains : journey to Mexico in 1848, the overland trip to California
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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San Marino, CA 91108
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This volume is Gorgas' diary of his journey from St. Joseph, Missouri to Placerville, CA, and his return trip to New York via the Panama Canal as part of the California Gold Rush of the mid-19th century. Much of the early entries are concerned with weather conditions and landscape and route details. Gorgas and his party finally reach Placerville on July 26, the ninetieth day of their journey, and begin digging for gold outside Sacramento in August. On February 1, 1851, Gorgas boarded a ship, the Olive Branch, bound for New York by way of the Panama Canal, intending to return home to his much-missed family. He lands at Jamaica on April 1, and arrives at New York on April 8. Dated 1850, April 28 through 1851, April 8. Notes include price charts and signatures of people Gorgas may have met during his travels. Includes newspaper clipping with picture of Placerville, CA, circa 1850, and a four-page handwritten timeline of Gorgas' journey (not in his hand).
mssHM 651
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This journal describes Stimson's travels from Wisconsin to California during 1850, and his ensuing search for gold. He eventually sells his interest in a mining company and returns home by ship. Additional notes written by Stimson in 1900. Typescript from original.
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