Title: California, 1849-1913
First published: 1913
Description: Lell Hawley Woolley (b. 1825) left the Green Mountains of Vermont to cross the plains in a mule train to California in 1849. There he tried gold mining in Weaverville and Beal's Bar and hotelkeeping in Grass Valley before his marriage and the responsibilities of a home and family took him to San Francisco. There he went into business and was active in the Vigilance Committee of 1856. California, 1849-1913 (1913) offers anecdotes of these adventures as well as brief notes on San Francisco personalities and business life in the 1850s and 1860s, with some references to later decades.
Subjects: Real estate development, Urbanization, Frontier and pioneer life, Business, Law and politics, Mines and mineral resources, Law, Political aspects
Places: California
LC classification: F864 .W9