Recollections of a '49er.
Subtitle: A quaint and thrilling narrative of a trip across the plains, and life in the California gold fields during the stirring days following the discovery of gold in the far West
By: by Edward Washington McIlhany, "one of the last of the old boys."
Publisher: Hailman printing company
Published: 1908
Place of publication: Kansas City, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Overland journeys to the Pacific; Mines and mineral resources -- California; Business -- California; California -- Gold discoveries; Jefferson County (W. Va.); West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Description: Edward Washington McIlhany (b. 1828) left West Virginia for the California gold fields in 1849. Recollections of a 49er (1908) describes his overland journey west, gold prospecting on Feather River and Grass Valley, hunting and trapping, proprietorship of a general store and hotel in Onion Valley, the Colorado gold rush, and Missouri railroading after the Civil War.
Notes: Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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