Life sketches of a jayhawker of '49
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- Title
- Life sketches of a jayhawker of '49
- Publication year listed
- 1916
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- Public domain eBook
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Life sketches of a jayhawker of '49
Author: Stephens, L. Dow (Lorenzo Dow), 1827-
Year: 1916
Lorenzo Dow Stephens (b. 1827) was born in New Jersey and raised in Illinois, where he joined a party for Califoria in 1849. Life sketches of a jayhawker (1916) begins with Stephens's overland journey west, including Brigham Young's sermons at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake. He describes prospecting on the Merced River, farming in the Santa Clara Valley, and cattle drives from San Bernardino and San Diego. His memoirs continue through the 1860s, including his part in the 1862 British Columbia gold rush
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