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Author: Henry Taylor Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803290764 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
Henry Taylor’s long life (1825–1931) gave him an unusual perspective on change in American society. During his lifetime, the West was largely settled. America fought wars with Mexico and Spain, was nearly torn apart by a civil conflict, and then joined allies across the sea in World War I. Inventions proliferated (trains, cars, airplanes, to name a few), and twenty-six presidents served in office. Taylor’s life also exemplifies the mobile American lifestyle. His family moved several times before he left the lead mines of Wisconsin for the gold fields of California during the early 1850s. Taylor’s account of his journey across the western continent in search of fortune provides an arresting and detailed look at the dangers of the trail. His account of his move to western Nebraska in 1878 offers insight into the problems and successes of the early homesteaders and settlers. The latter portions of the autobiography concern his later travels and his reflections on his long life. With wit and a keen sense of character, Taylor began to record his life story when he was 80 and completed it at the age of 103. Donald L. Parman has organized and annotated Taylor’s story, supplying an introduction and information on people, places, and events in the text.
Author: Henry Taylor Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803290764 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 230
Book Description
Henry Taylor’s long life (1825–1931) gave him an unusual perspective on change in American society. During his lifetime, the West was largely settled. America fought wars with Mexico and Spain, was nearly torn apart by a civil conflict, and then joined allies across the sea in World War I. Inventions proliferated (trains, cars, airplanes, to name a few), and twenty-six presidents served in office. Taylor’s life also exemplifies the mobile American lifestyle. His family moved several times before he left the lead mines of Wisconsin for the gold fields of California during the early 1850s. Taylor’s account of his journey across the western continent in search of fortune provides an arresting and detailed look at the dangers of the trail. His account of his move to western Nebraska in 1878 offers insight into the problems and successes of the early homesteaders and settlers. The latter portions of the autobiography concern his later travels and his reflections on his long life. With wit and a keen sense of character, Taylor began to record his life story when he was 80 and completed it at the age of 103. Donald L. Parman has organized and annotated Taylor’s story, supplying an introduction and information on people, places, and events in the text.
Author: Alex Stoneman Publisher: ISBN: 9780992564001 Category : Gold mines and mining Languages : en Pages : 40
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An illustrated history of the deep lead mines in the Majorca and Craigie districts of central Victoria.Key mines-Sadowa, Gibraltar, Kong Meng, Napier Freehold & Majorca Leads.
Author: Alex Stoneman Publisher: ISBN: 9780992564025 Category : Gold mines and mining Languages : en Pages : 32
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A history of deep lead mines in central Victoria. A geological history is included and the main mines are Havillah, Charlotte Plains, Junction Deep Leads, Loddon Valley, Victorian Gold Estates, and Victorian Deep Leads.
Author: R. A. Penrose Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781523957262 Category : Languages : en Pages : 62
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Gold was known by the Indians to exist in the United States long before the white people discovered it, but unlike the Indians of Mexico, the more northern natives did not make elaborate use of it, and it did not seriously attract the attention of the settlers until shortly before the beginning of the nineteenth century. No very important mining, however, was done until after 1800, when a little gold began to be obtained in North Carolina. Long before that time the gold of California had also been known to the natives and to the Franciscan monks, but that country then belonged to Mexico and was not taken by the United States until 1846...
Author: John S. Hittell Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 65
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