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Book/Printed Material Life sketches of a jayhawker of '49,

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Title

  • Life sketches of a jayhawker of '49,

Summary

  • Lorenzo Dow Stephens (b. 1827) was born in New Jersey and raised in Illinois, where he joined a party for Califoria in 1849. Life sketches of a jayhawker (1916) begins with Stephens's overland journey west, including Brigham Young's sermons at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake. He describes prospecting on the Merced River, farming in the Santa Clara Valley, and cattle drives from San Bernardino and San Diego. His memoirs continue through the 1860s, including his part in the 1862 British Columbia gold rush.

Names

  • Stephens, L. Dow (Lorenzo Dow), 1827-

Created / Published

  • [San Jose, Cal., Printed by Nolta brothers] 1916.

Headings

  • -  Overland journeys to the Pacific
  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
  • -  Agriculture--California

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Internet Archive Web site.

Medium

  • 2 p.l., [7]-68 p. pl., ports. 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .S82
  • F865 .S82 Copy 2 Copy 2.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 17006538

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication.

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Rights & Access

"California as I Saw It:" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900.

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Chicago citation style:

Stephens, L. Dow. Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of '49. [San Jose, Cal., Printed by Nolta brothers, 1916] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/17006538/.

APA citation style:

Stephens, L. D. (1916) Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of '49. [San Jose, Cal., Printed by Nolta brothers] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/17006538/.

MLA citation style:

Stephens, L. Dow. Life Sketches of a Jayhawker of '49. [San Jose, Cal., Printed by Nolta brothers, 1916] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/17006538/>.