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Title

  • A pioneer at Sutter's fort, 1846-1850; the adventures of Heinrich Lienhard ...

Summary

  • Heinrich Lienhard (1822-1903), son of a Swiss farmer, sailed for America in 1843. After three years in the Midwest, Lienhard and four other young European immigrants set off by wagon for California, reaching Johann Sutter's New Helvetia in October 1846. After a few months in the U.S. Army, Lienhard returned to Sutter's settlement. In 1849 Lienhard returned to Switzerland to accompany Sutter's family to the New World. Disillusioned by the changed California he found in early 1850, Lienhard returned to Switzerland in July. A pioneer at Sutter's fort (1941) is based on a diary kept in his years in California and focuses on Johann Sutter, his family, and his settlement on the Sacramento. It also covers Lienhard's experiences as a farmer and a miner and his crossings of Panama and the Atlantic in 1849-1850.

Names

  • Lienhard, Heinrich, 1822-1903.
  • Wilbur, Marguerite Eyer, 1889-

Created / Published

  • Los Angeles, The Calafía society, 1941.

Headings

  • -  California--Description and travel
  • -  California--Gold discoveries
  • -  Ethnic groups--California
  • -  Agriculture--California
  • -  Business--California

Notes

  • -  Map on lining-papers.
  • -  A German edition was published in Switzerland in 1898 under title: California unmittelbar vor und nach der entdeckung des goldes. cf. p. xiv.
  • -  Bibliography: p. 276-277.

Medium

  • 3 p.l., xix p., 1 l., 291 p. front. (facsim.) plates, ports. 26 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F865 .L72

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 42011300

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication. No copyright renewal found.

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

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Chicago citation style:

Lienhard, Heinrich, and Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. A pioneer at Sutter's fort, -1850; the adventures of Heinrich Lienhard. Los Angeles, The Calafía society, 1941. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/42011300/.

APA citation style:

Lienhard, H. & Wilbur, M. E. (1941) A pioneer at Sutter's fort, -1850; the adventures of Heinrich Lienhard. Los Angeles, The Calafía society. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/42011300/.

MLA citation style:

Lienhard, Heinrich, and Marguerite Eyer Wilbur. A pioneer at Sutter's fort, -1850; the adventures of Heinrich Lienhard. Los Angeles, The Calafía society, 1941. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/42011300/>.