Gold and sunshine
Subtitle: reminiscences of early California
By: [by] Colonel James J. Ayers; illustrations from the collection of Charles B. Turrill.
Publisher: R.G. Badger
Published: 1922
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California; Law and politics -- California; California -- Gold discoveries
Description: James J. Ayers left St. Louis, Missouri for California in 1849. He remained to carve out a career for himself in journalism. Gold and sunshine (1922) was completed by Ayers in retirement at Azusa in 1896 but not published until after his death. He recalls his 1849 voyage to California and brief career as a miner in Calaveras County, newspaper publishing in Mokelumne Hill (1850-1852), and San Francisco (1850s). Ayers also discusses local and national politics for all periods as well as a theatrical tour in the Gold Rush, a Civil War visit to the front and meeting with Lincoln, Nevada gold and silver mining, the California Constitutional Convention of 1878, and Sacramento in the 1880s.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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