01855cam a22003731 4500 5876127 20250607225550.3 cr ||||||||||| 830324s1908 mouac 000 0 eng 5876127 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg cf05 08029358 (DLC) 08029358 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca n-us-wv F864 .M146 McIlhany, Edward Washington, 1828- Recollections of a '49er. A quaint and thrilling narrative of a trip across the plains, and life in the California gold fields during the stirring days following the discovery of gold in the far West, by Edward Washington McIlhany, "one of the last of the old boys." Kansas City, Mo., Hailman printing company, 1908. 212 p. illus., ports. 21 cm. Edward Washington McIlhany (b. 1828) left West Virginia for the California gold fields in 1849. Recollections of a 49er (1908) describes his overland journey west, gold prospecting on Feather River and Grass Valley, hunting and trapping, proprietorship of a general store and hotel in Onion Valley, the Colorado gold rush, and Missouri railroading after the Civil War. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Mines and mineral resources California. Business California. California Gold discoveries. Jefferson County (W. Va.) West (U.S.) Description and travel. calbk 014 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.014 gc/calbk ammem pmpull ammem c-GenColl F864 .M146 Copy 1 PREM