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Book/Printed Material Personal recollections.

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Title

  • Personal recollections.

Summary

  • Harvey Wood (1828-1895), a young clerk in a New Jersey store, joined the Kit Carson Association of would-be California miners that set out from New York in February 1849, sailing to Texas and crossing Mexico overland to find passage north to San Diego. Wood reached the Southern Mines in July 1849, spending the next seven years searching for gold on the Merced and Stanislas Rivers. In 1856 he purchased an interest in Robinsons Ferry across the Stanislas River, a business he maintained the rest of his life. Personal recollections (1955) reprints a memoir written in 1878 and first published in 1896. Wood describes his voyage to California and his experiences as a miner in modern Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties, 1849-1850.

Names

  • Wood, Harvey, 1828-1895.

Created / Published

  • Pasadena, Calif., 1955.

Headings

  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • -  Kit Carson Association
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Business--California

Notes

  • -  "Specially printed for members of the Zamorano Club of Los Angeles as a keepsake from John B. Goodman. 200 signed and numbered copies, of which 100 are for sale." This copy not signed or numbered.

Medium

  • xxiv, 27 p. illus., ports., maps (on lining papers) facsims. 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .W87 1955
  • F865 .W87 1955 Copy 2 Copy 2.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 58049107

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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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:

Wood, Harvey. Personal Recollections. Pasadena, Calif, 1955. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/58049107/.

APA citation style:

Wood, H. (1955) Personal Recollections. Pasadena, Calif. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/58049107/.

MLA citation style:

Wood, Harvey. Personal Recollections. Pasadena, Calif, 1955. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/58049107/>.