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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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The adventures of a captain's wife going through the Straits of Magellan to California in 1850, and returning by the Isthmus
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Rare Books
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Artists: Reuterdahl Publishers: U.S. Naval Photographic Center
priJHK 00676
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Manuscripts
(1 piece). Also original red thread tie.
mssHamond
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317394
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Manuscripts
The manuscript memoirs, prepared by William G. Felton in 1886. The memoirs cover Felton's military service, including the battle of Lewisburg, the siege of Vicksburg, his time at the Camp Ford Stockade Prison, and his post-war career. Included are accounts of his experiences in stage coaching in Wyoming and South Dakota, including an incident with the Dakota Indians, after which Felton was sent to Fort Laramie; the Battle of Little Bighorn; Crazy Horse's death at Camp Robinson; farming in California and Nevada; and mining in Colorado. Felton specifically talks about Buffalo Bill, Crazy Horse, George Crook, George Custer, Ulysses S. Grant, Henry Heth, Wild Bill Hickok, and Joseph Reynolds.
mssHM 68183
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Rare Books
29945