Title:

Autobiography and Reminiscence of L. H. Bonestell, San Francisco, 1904.

[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]

Creator/Contributor:

Bonestell, Louis Henry, 1827-1919, creator

Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 112-129, Vol. 7. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume, of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs. This reminiscence provides a detailed account of Louis H. Bonestell's journey from New York to California via Mexico. It also provides background family history as well as Mr. Bonestell's employment history. The time period represented by this reminiscence is from 1848 to 1901.

Date:

1904 (issued)

Subject:

Bonestell, Louis Henry -- 1827-1919

Pioneers -- California -- Biography

Overland journeys to the Pacific.

San Francisco (Calif.) -- Newspapers

Mexico -- Description and travel

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Autobiography & Reminiscence of L.H. Bonestell, San Francisco, 1904. The Society of California Pioneers

Louis H. Bonestell was born in the town of Catskill, Green County, New York. He moved to New York City at nineteen years of age, in 1847. In the fall of 1848, news of the discovery of gold reached Mr. Bonestell and he quickly resolved to make the journey to California. On January 31, 1849 Mr. Bonestell left New York on board the bark "Mara" destined for Vera Cruz. From Vera Cruz, Bonestell and his party traveled overland to Mazatlan, where they boarded a schooner for San Francisco. The schooner failed in its mission and Bonestell and his party commenced walking to California from Mazatlan. They arrived in San Diego on June 22, 1849. Bonestell worked for the government in San Diego for two months before taking passage on a ship up to San Francisco. He arrived in San Francisco on August 18, 1849, and soon left for Sacramento and then Coloma. He mined until October and then bought the newspaper route of the Alta California. He sold out of this business in 1851 and started in the book and stationery business with a partner. In 1853, he and his partner established "Wide West", a short-lived literary journal. He eventually entered into the wholesale business of paper importing. Mr. Bonestell was a pillar of the Unitarian Church of San Francisco

Type:

Autobiographies.

[18] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.

English

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Origin:

California

Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.

Collection:

The Society of California Pioneers collection of autobiographies and reminiscences of early pioneers