Autobiography and Reminiscence of Samuel Tyler, (Deceased), 1901.
Title:
Autobiography and Reminiscence of Samuel Tyler, (Deceased), 1901.[Institutional Records Digitization Project: Reminiscences of Early Pioneers: 1900-1904]
Creator/Contributor:
Tyler, Samuel, 1816-1895, creatorAbstract:
Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 174-178, Vol. 2. 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 provides an account of Captain Tyler's many accomplishments in his field of mining and mechanical engineering.
Included is a list of some of the ships he worked to restore. Tyler provides a list of some of the passengers he traveled
with on the steamer "Panama" on its first voyage to California.
Date:
1901 (issued)Subject:
Tyler, Samuel -- 1816-1895
Pioneers --
California --
Biography
Voyages to the Pacific Coast
Quartz mines and mining --
California.
Gold mines and mining --
California, Northern.
California --
History --
19th century.
California, Northern.
Note:
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
Autobiography & Reminiscence of Samuel Tyler, (Deceased), 1901. The Society of California Pioneers
Captain Samuel Tyler was born in Erie, PA, June 16, 1816. At an early age he began work in the Foundry and Machine business
and continued in that line of work until 1842. He then commenced building ferry boats for the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers;
building and establishing the first steam ferry boats on the Ohio. On March 2, 1849 Captain Tyler resolved to make the journey
to California. He sailed on the steamer "Alabama" to Panama and then boarded the steamer "Panama" on its first voyage to
California. He arrived in San Francisco on June 4th, 1849. He made a brief trip to the mines and then returned to Sacramento,
where he engaged in the Real Estate business until January 1850. He then went back east and soon returned to California, bringing
with him the first Quartz Mill ever introduced in the state. He also constructed "Lows Wharf". He was Superintendent and
Agent of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company in Acapulco, Mexico and Benicia, California, as well as Superintendent of the
Arizona Copper Manufacturing Company. He profited from being one of the original locators of the Silver District of Esmeralda,
and furthered his success by investing in the silver region of Virginia City, Nevada
Type:
Autobiographies.Physical Description:
[5] p. ; 35 x 21 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
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Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
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.
Related Item:
Autobiographies & Reminiscences of California Pioneers, compiled by The Historical Committee of the Society of California
Pioneers.