Edward E. Eyre
Subtitle: California pioneer
By: based on research, text & notes by Andria S. Daley ; edited by Peter Farquhar.
Contributors: Farquhar, Peter.
Publisher: Edward E. (Ned) Eyre, Jr.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washoe Valley, Nev
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Eyre, Edward Engle, -- 1823-1899; Ayers family; United States. -- Army. -- California Cavalry Regiment, 1st (1861-1865); Pioneers -- California -- Biography; Soldiers -- California -- Biography; Southwest, New -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Cavalry operations; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: "A brief chronicle of the life & times of Edward E. Eyre, California pioneer: beginnings in Illinois & Missouri; to Sacramento overland in the Gold Rush of 1849; his rise to prosperous merchant & prominent gentleman in Sacramento, 1850s; Lt. Colonel, First California Cavalry, 1861; repatriation of Union forts in New Mexico territory & the Rio Grande in 1862; activities on the Comstock & financial success, 1860s-1870s; leadership and distinction on the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board; & family eminence in San Francisco society, 1870s-1890s."

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