The Diary of a Forty-Niner
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1849, California.
The Gold Rush had begun.
300,000 gold-seekers left their homes, grabbed what they could and headed West to find their fortune.
This is the diary of one of those intrepid men, and the trials and tribulations that he faces in his search for riches.
From May 1850 through to June 1852 the life of Alfred T. Jackson, one of the forty-niners, was compiled by Chauncey Canfield.
Jackson’s dream was that “I would like to have enough capital so that I would not have to slave from sunrise till dark as I did on dad's farm.”... more
The Gold Rush had begun.
300,000 gold-seekers left their homes, grabbed what they could and headed West to find their fortune.
This is the diary of one of those intrepid men, and the trials and tribulations that he faces in his search for riches.
From May 1850 through to June 1852 the life of Alfred T. Jackson, one of the forty-niners, was compiled by Chauncey Canfield.
Jackson’s dream was that “I would like to have enough capital so that I would not have to slave from sunrise till dark as I did on dad's farm.”... more
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