Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-24
fHE LAND OF GOLD.
Excufsion of the Society of California
Pioneers in April.


+ Pioneers in April.
The Society of California Pioneers, OF
which Captain William H. Thomes is
president and Hon. B. f. WhittemOre
fsecretary, will make an excursion to the
land of gold on the 10th of next month.
The party, which will be made up of the
members of the society, their wives,
sons and daughters, will leave the
! Fitchburg station at p. M, that day.
personal friends, who desire to
visit California under the guidance
of people who mined for gold in
! 1S49-50. 1t is their intention to revisit the
scenes of their former labors on the Tuba,
Feather river, Mamon island, Hangtown,
Rich Gulch, Murderer's Bar, and other
| places familiar to the Argonauts. This
pilgrimage has been carefully planned
by Captain Thomes, who has been over
the ground many times and is familiar
with the route. He has contracted with
Raymond & Whitcomb, who have car
ried so many thousands to California,
and they will have entire charge of the
party, which, from present appearances,
will number about 200 persons. Men
and women from all sections of New
England have enrolled their names, and
out of 425 members Of the society, it is
thought that at least 125 will 90, per-
haps more, as this will be an incident in
the lives of the men who, having
left California wilderness, will
return to find it a prosperous and
beautiful State. They can point out to
their wives and children the places
where they dug gold, camped and slept,
and ate corn-dodgers and pork for break
fast, dinner and supper. The route to
be taken is pleasant one At Chicago
the company will be met by Chicago
forty-niners and welcomed to the city.
At Kansas City a crowd OF people are
expected to greet the tourists. AT Santa
Fe they will be received by the Governor
of New Mexico, who will bid them well
come, either at the State house or the
Adobe palace, the latter 275 years old,
with walls six feet thick. Santa Fe is IL
cans live Just as their grandfathers did,
without change and without domestic
comfort, in their mud huts. Las
Vegas Hot Springs, where the
tourists will stop for some hours,
is on the summit OF the Rocky mount
aims, 1000 feet high, and yet here i'll
this wild region is a magnificent no.
tel. with electric lights and wonderful
hot baths OF mud and water for the cure
of rheumatism. The pioneers will stop
at Albuquerque for a few hours, city
that is nearly as old as Santa Fe, but
which is flourishing place, doing much
business with the cattlemen OF the sur
rounding country. Then the train passes
| through portion OF Arizona and enters
| California at the Needles, crossing the
| Colorado river at this point, but the
beauties OF the Golden State are not
| seen until San Bernardino is reached,
where fruit and flowers are in profusion.
Then such places as Redlands, Riverside
and Cotton are passed, at all OF which
warm welcome will be given the pioneers,
and at many places carriage rides are
promised. A rest for three days is
promised at the magnificent Raymond
hotel, Pasadena, where a grand ball is to
be given. From there to Los Angeles is
but few miles, and the people OF the
latter city will show the visitors a
specimen of California hospitality.
From Pasadena the party goes to San
Diego, to the great Coronado hotel, then
back to Los Angeles and across the
Majave desert to Sacramento city, stop
ping at Bakersfield, Tulare, Fresno, Ma
| dera en- route A stop OF three days will
be made at the capital of the State, and
here Governor Waterman will give the
pioneers reception at the State house,
Governor Bracket having written him a
strong letter asking him to do so.
They will then pass ON to San
Francisco, stopping at the Palace
hotel for five days, thus allowing
time enough to see all the beauties OF
the place. From here, on the road to
San Jose, short stop will be made at
Menlo Park to see Senator Stanford's s
new university and stock farm and other
noted places. While at San Jose visit
can be made to the Lick observatory on
Mt. Hamilton, the visitors returning to
Sacramento city, where they will remain
over night in the palace cars SO as to
cross the Sierras by daylight, and wit
ness Cape Horn in all its grandeur. But
it is not the horn the veterans rounded
in 1S49 when they met gales and sleet
ice and snow. The comforts OF this trip
will form a strong contrast to the dis
comforts of their younger days.
At Salt Lake City halt will be made.
The tourists will then go over the Den
YER and Rio Grande road, through the
wonderful cai1ons OF Colorado, to the
Manitou springs at the foot OF Pixies
peak. near the Garden of the Gods, tC
Colorado springs and other noted places
At the fiourishing city of Denver six
hours stop will be made, with brie
halt at Omaha and Council Bluffs. Their
the tourists will speed homewards, stop
ping for few hours at Niagara Falls, OF
their way to Boston.
Capt. Thomes can be found daily a
the office Of Messrs. Raymond d Whit
comb, 296 Washington street, to book al
who wish to join the excursionists, ant
to give all needed information. Th'
price for all the luxuries to be enjoyed
on this occasion is considered very rea
sonable, and large party is expected t.
partake OF it's privileges. = [Bostoi
Herald.
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