The
autobiography of Charles Peters, in 1915 the oldest pioneer living in California, who mined in ... the days of '49
Also historical happenings, interesting incidents and illustrations of the old mining towns in the good luck era, the placer mining days of the '50s
Peters, Charles,
1825-1921
text
biography
cau
1915
monographic
Sacramento, Cal
The LaGrave co.
[1915?]
eng
3 p.l., 231 p. illus. 17 cm.
Charles Peters, born in Portugal in 1825, first visited California in 1846 as a merchant seaman, returning three years later to seek gold at Columbia, Jackson Creek, and Mokelumne Hill. The autobiography of Charles Peters (n.d., ca. 1915) is the old man's brief memoir of his life through the 1850s, followed by a series of "Good Luck" stories, miscellaneous tales of the mining camps, a few of which seem to be credited to Peters although most are the work of another author, drawn from many sources.
No known restrictions on publication.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
n-us-ca
Frontier and pioneer life
California
Ethnic groups
California
Law
Political aspects
California
California
Gold discoveries
F865 .P48
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.008
19010570
hdl:loc.gdc/calbk.008
DLC
810403
20060629095741.0
9186647
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