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G.B. Worden letters : to his sister and brother-in-law, 1856-1867.
BANC MSS 99/60 cLOCAL
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Title:
G.B. Worden letters: to his sister and brother-in-law, 1856-1867Creator/Contributor:
Worden, G. B., creatorAbstract:
In letters to his sister Phoebe and brother-in-law Ira written from California locations of Jacksonville, Mountain Meadows
above Big Oak Flat, and Cottonwood, G.B Worden writes of family and friends at home, and describes his mining claim and income.
He also writes of his home and furniture, other possessions (including weapons), serious illness, reading scripture, solitude
in nature revealing " ... that there is a great first cause through whose will everything ... is governed." Other topics include
the civil war and who will enlist, trapping and the prey and their value, tending the flume for the Oak Flat Ditch Co., growing
feed and vegetables, the good soil, his skill as a cook, how to make sourdough, Indians, snowshoeing, and lonely life in the
remote mountains.
Date:
1856 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMines and mineral resources -- California
Solitude -- Religious aspects
Dwellings -- California
Trapping -- California
Flumes -- California
Agriculture -- California
Cooking (Sourdough)
Mountain life -- California
Habitations -- Californie
Piégeage -- Californie
Canaux d'amenée -- Californie
Agriculture -- Californie
Cuisine (Levain)
Vie en montagne -- Californie
Agriculture
Cooking (Sourdough)
Dwellings
Flumes
Mines and mineral resources
Mountain life
Solitude -- Religious aspects
Trapping
Travel
Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) -- Description and travel
Big Oak Flat (Calif.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Nevada, Sierra (Calif. et Nev.) -- Descriptions et voyages
États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
California
California -- Big Oak Flat
United States
United States -- Sierra Nevada
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History.Physical Description:
print
1 portfolio (.1 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 99/60 cLOCAL