The Geneva Book

The Geneva Book
Author: William Melancthon Glasgow
Publisher:
Total Pages: 494
Release: 1908
Genre: Beaver County (Pa.)
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A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush

A Yankee Trader in the Gold Rush
Author: Franklin Agustus Buck
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1930
Genre: Agriculture
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A native of Maine, Franklin Agustus Buck (1826-1909) was working in New York City when he heard of the gold strikes and set out for California in January 1849. A Yankee trader in the gold rush (1930) contains Buck's letters to his sister in Maine. They chronicle his first dozen years in the West: a voyage round the Horn to San Francisco; prospecting and storekeeping in various gold camps and the towns of Sacramento, Downieville, North Fork, Marysville, and Weaverville; and a trading voyage to Tahiti and Hawaii. Politics interest Buck, and he pays close attention to the issues in the 1852 election, local secessionist debate, and the impact of the Civil War. In the 1860s, Buck turns to agriculture, raising fruit and cattle at farms in Weaverville, Oakville, and Red Bluffs. Discoveries of silver lead him back to mining at Treasure City, Meadow Valley, and Pioche, Nevada.

History of the Chenoweth Family

History of the Chenoweth Family
Author: Cora Chenoweth Hiatt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1925
Genre: Reference
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"John Chinoweth, Gent., blacksmith and surveyor, was born at St. Martins in Menage, Cornwall Co., Wales--now England about 1682-3 ... John Chinoweth and Mary Calvert, daughter of Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore were married about 1705 ..."--Page 39. John came to America, date unknown, and " ... settled on Gunpowder River, near Joppa, Baltimore County, Maryland, on an estate belonging to the Calverts which was called "Gunpowder Manor."--Page 39. "In Frederick County, Virginia, on April 11, 1746, John Chinoweth, blacksmith, made his will, probated May 6, 1746." ... From this will it is shown that he must have been visiting his sons in Virginia, for there are no land grants, patents, or deeds showing that he ever purchased land there ..."--Page 40. Descendants lived in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Iowa, South Dakota, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Arizona and elsewhere.

Boxborough

Boxborough
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 288
Release: 1891
Genre: Boxborough (Mass.)
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Local History of Boxborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Includes political and other officials and biographical sketches of prominent citizens and families.