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Biography
Descriptive Summary
Title: Benjamin Francis Tarr Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1848-1852
Box Number: 192
Creator:
Tarr, Benjamin Francis
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
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Unrestricted.
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Please credit California State Library.
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the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Benjamin Francis Tarr Papers, California State Library.
Access Points
Overland journeys to the Pacific.
California--Gold discoveries.
Tarr, Benjamin Francis.
Gold mines and mining--California.
Pioneers--California.
Contents
Correspondence.
Biography
Tarr came to California in 1849 from Chillicothe, Missouri. He lived in Sacramento and mined gold on the Feather River before
returning to Missouri in 1851. In 1853, he attempted to return to California by ship. However, the ship, the Independence,
was wrecked off the island Margarita in Lower California and he was drowned.