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Book/Printed Material Notes of two trips to California and return, taken in 1883 and 1886-7,

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Title

  • Notes of two trips to California and return, taken in 1883 and 1886-7,

Summary

  • Solomon Mead (1808-1897) of Greenwich, Connecticut, first visited California in 1883 as part of a Cook's railroad tour, the "Continental Excursion Party," and he returned with one of his sons in 1886 by steamship via Panama. Notes of two trips to California and return (189-?) first recounts the 1883 luxury tour to the Far West, with stops in California at Los Angeles, Madera, Yosemite Valley, the Cliff House, San Francisco, Monterey, and, on the return leg of the journey, at Salt Lake City. In the trip of 1886-1887, Mead takes a coastal steamer to San Pedro, thence to his son's ranch near Glendale where he remains for several months, assisting in farming and investing in real estate before returning east by rail.

Names

  • Mead, Solomon, 1808-1897.

Created / Published

  • [Greenwich? Conn., 189-?]

Headings

  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  West (U.S.)--Description and travel
  • -  Urbanization--California
  • -  Real estate development--California
  • -  Agriculture--California

Notes

  • -  Ms. note on t.p.: Privately printed.

Medium

  • 144 p. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F866 .M47

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 18015287

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

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"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Mead, Solomon. Notes of two trips to California and return, taken inand 1886-7. [Greenwich? Conn., 189-?, 1890] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/18015287/.

APA citation style:

Mead, S. (1890) Notes of two trips to California and return, taken inand 1886-7. [Greenwich? Conn., 189-?] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/18015287/.

MLA citation style:

Mead, Solomon. Notes of two trips to California and return, taken inand 1886-7. [Greenwich? Conn., 189-?, 1890] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/18015287/>.