Personal recollections.
By: With an introd. and notes by John B. Goodman, III.
Series: Scraps of Californiana,; no. 1
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Pasadena, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 27
Subjects: Kit Carson Association.; Overland journeys to the Pacific.; Ethnic groups -- California.; Business -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: Harvey Wood (1828-1895), a young clerk in a New Jersey store, joined the Kit Carson Association of would-be California miners that set out from New York in February 1849, sailing to Texas and crossing Mexico overland to find passage north to San Diego. Wood reached the Southern Mines in July 1849, spending the next seven years searching for gold on the Merced and Stanislas Rivers. In 1856 he purchased an interest in Robinsons Ferry across the Stanislas River, a business he maintained the rest of his life. Personal recollections (1955) reprints a memoir written in 1878 and first published in 1896. Wood describes his voyage to California and his experiences as a miner in modern Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties, 1849-1850.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.
"Specially printed for members of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles as a keepsake from John B. Goodman. 200 signed and numbered copies, of which 100 are for sale." This copy not signed or numbered.
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