California as I saw it pencillings by the way of its gold and gold diggers, and incidents of travel by land and water. With five letters from the Isthmus M'Collum, William S., 1807 or 1808-1882 Hecox, W. H. Morgan, Dale Lowell, 1914-1971 text cau monographic Los Gatos, Calif Talisman Press 1960 eng
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219 p. illus., map (on lining papers) 24 cm. Dr. William S. McCollum (1807/1808-1882) was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in Niagara County, New York. He went to California in 1849, returned to New York the following year and then paid a second visit to California as a physician for the Panama Railroad Company. California as I saw it (1960) reprints McCollum's 1850 book describing his first visit to the West: San Francisco in 1849, a journey to Stockton and the Southern Mines and to Sacramento and the Northern Mines, prospecting near Jacksonville, and medical practice in Stockton and San Francisco. After describing his return voyage east via Panama, McCollum closes with advice and reflections on the law of the mines, Native Americans, the life of women in California, etc. The book's Appendix include letters written from Panama by H.W. Hecox, McCollum's fellow passenger on the voyage to the Isthmus, February-March 1849. Hecox was so disheartened by his wait for passage to California that he returned to the United States without ever seeing the Pacific Ocean. No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found. by W.H. Hecox. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. n-us-ca Voyages to the Pacific coast Ethnic groups California Women California Urbanization California Real estate development California Law Political aspects California Mines and mineral resources California Business California California Description and travel California Gold discoveries F865 .M14 1960 979.404 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.079 60009512 hdl:loc.gdc/calbk.079 DLC 810825 20250606160555.0 10299088 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)