Leaving the Farm
…I, and only 200 acres in the whole, and as they were growing up to be men it seemed as if it would be best for me, the oldest, to…
…I, and only 200 acres in the whole, and as they were growing up to be men it seemed as if it would be best for me, the oldest, to…
…E, 1st Lieut., 20th Co.. Coast Artillery Corps, Los Angeles. Best, Newton, 1st Lieut. (Marine Section), 7th Division, Naval Militia, Los Angeles. Blair, Ben B., 1st Lieut., 21st Co., Coast…
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…from the big house. Further on at the Blue Mounds I left the stage, putting my chest in the landlord’s keeping till I should come or send for it. I…
…Railroad Company, and obtained the franchise from the board of supervisors in the summer of 1887. The capital stock of the company was fixed at $200,000, divided into 200 shares…
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…simple processes of working metal was obtained that amounted to almost $1,000,000. Between 1861 and 1864 some twenty companies were incorporated in San Francisco to work the silver and copper…
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…and his family were to come on the next spring. Uncle fitted out with two good horses and a wagon; goods were packed in a large box made to fit,…
…the 18th of September, 1852, from which we extract the following as the most reliable information in regard to its early history that we can obtain: “This beautiful valley was…
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…learned the blacksmith’s trade. He served for three years in the German army as a member of a company of field artillery and in 1892, when twenty-eight years of age,…
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…energetic, prompt, and notably reliable. Source: Leigh H. Irvine; A History of the New California Its Resources and People, 2 Volumes; New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1903….
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…Adel, and one sister, Mrs. Cronin, of Adel. The sympathy of the entire community is with them all. “Let not your hearts be troubled. I go to prepare a place…
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