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California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
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McNeil's travels in 1849, to, through, and from the gold regions in California / by Samuel McNeil.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
Columbus : Scott & Bascom, printers, 1850.
SUMMARY
Samuel McNeil left his shoemaking business in Lancaster, Ohio, in January 1849 for a trip to the California gold fields via Panama. Unlike many 49ers, he had sense enough to return home when he had accumulated enough gold to meet his needs. McNeil's travels in 1849 (1850) recounts the shipwreck that forced McNeil and his compatriots to travel overland from Texas to Mazatlán, where they obtained passage to San Francisco. He then describes prospecting at Smiths Bar on the North Fork of the American River, Bear River, Weaver's Creek, and other Feather and Trinity Rivers camps until August, when he took his stake of 2,000 and booked passage east.
NOTES
Wagner-Camp (4th ed.), 186
SUBJECTS
California--History--1846-1850--Sources.
California--Description and travel.
California--Gold discoveries.
Mines and mineral resources--California.
McNeil, Samuel--Travel--California.
MEDIUM
40 p. ; 22 cm.
CALL NUMBER
F865 .M17
SPECIAL TERMS OF USE
No known restrictions on publication.
DIGITAL ID
calbk 081 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.081
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