California letters of Lucius Fairchild
By: edited with notes and introduction by Joseph Schafer ...
Contributors: Schafer, Joseph, 1867-1941.
Series: Wisconsin historical publications. Collections,; v. 31; Publications of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.; v. 31.
Publisher: State historical society of Wisconsin
Published: 1931
Place of publication: Madison
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- California.; Agriculture -- California.; Business -- California.; California -- Gold discoveries.
Description: Lucius Fairchild (1831-1896) left Madison, Wisconsin, for California in 1849 and remained in the West until 1858. On his return to Wisconsin, Fairchild carved out a remarkable career as a soldier-politician: serving in a Wisconsin regiment in the Civil War, winning election as governor in 1866, and then representing the United States abroad in a variety of diplomatic posts. California letters of Lucius Fairchild (1931) records his overland journey to California, gold prospecting from Calaveras County to Scott Valley, business partnership with Elijah Steele in farming, mining, and butchering in Scott Valley.
Notes: No known restrictions on publication.
Bibliography: p. 200-203.
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