History of the rise and progress of the Dowdle Family : manuscript.

California?, circa 1849.

1 item (9 pages)

English

Purchased from Eberstadt on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1974.

This material is open for research.

The Dowdle Family, a joint-stock company, consisted of 11 individuals: William Miller, J. A. Henricks, D. W. C. Willonghby, E. S. Reynolds, W. L. Woodward, M. B. Miller, Cyrenius Johnson, W. J. Snavely, William Maslin, George Pierson, and John Linderman. On 1849 March 22, the company left South Bend, Indiana, to mine gold in San Francisco, California.

Manuscript account, unsigned, of an overland journey taken from South Bend, Indiana, to San Francisco, California, by the Dowdle Family to mine gold, 1849 March 25-May 16. Noted are distances traveled and weather conditions.

May 24, 2019

History of the Rise and Progress of the Dowdle Family. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

History of the Rise and Progress of the Dowdle Family. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Gold miners California 19th century.