A collection of business and personal papers related to the lives and work of William Spencer Lowden and his son Henry L. Lowden, California businessmen.

William Spencer Lowden (1830-1912) was born in Windsor, Massachusetts and came to Sacramento, California by wagon train in 1849. He moved to Weaverville, California, in 1850, where he engaged in mining. Following work as a trader, contractor, surveyor, and express rider, he settled in Grass Valley, California. In 1857 he founded the Weaverville and Shasta Wagon Road Company. Lowden's son, Henry L. Lowden (1857-1935) worked with his father in a surveying company for many years and served, at one time, as U.S. Deputy County Surveyor.

19 Linear Feet (8 boxes and 94 volumes)

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