California, 1849-1913; or, the rambling sketches and experiences of sixty-four years' residence in that state

The Project Gutenberg EBook of California 1849-1913, by L. H. Woolley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: California 1849-1913 or the Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in that State. Author: L. H. Woolley Posting Date: August 18, 2009 [EBook #4638] Release Date: November, 2003 First Posted: February 20, 2002 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CALIFORNIA 1849-1913 *** Produced by David Schwan. HTML version by Al Haines. California 1849-1913 or The Rambling Sketches and Experiences of Sixty-four Years' Residence in that State By L. H. Woolley Member of the Society of California Pioneers and of the Vigilance Committee of 1856 California 1849-1913 Trip Across the Plains. The year 1849 has a peculiarly thrilling sensation to the California Pioneer, not realized by those who came at a later date. My purpose in recording some of my recollections of early days is not for publication nor aggrandizement, but that it may be deposited in the archives of my descendants, that I was one of those adventurers who left the Green Mountains of Vermont to cross the plains to California, the El Dorado—the Land of Gold.