Title: From the Kennebec to California; reminiscences of a California pioneer.
Authors: Ellis, Henry Hiram, 1829-1909.
Publisher: W. F. Lewis
Year: 1959
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life California; Crime California San Francisco.; Police California San Francisco.; Criminals California San Francisco.; Ethnic groups California; Law Political aspects California; California Gold discoveries.
Abstract: Henry Hiram Ellis (1829-1909) of Maine sailed round the Horn to San Francisco in 1849. From the Kennebec to California (1959) contains various versions of his reminiscences covering his adventures as a gold miner, captain of a Sacramento River boat and Pacific merchant ship, San Francisco police officer and Chief of Police (1875-1877).