Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader.
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Copyright has not been assigned to The Society of California Pioneers. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Society of California Pioneers as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must be obtained by the reader Autobiography & Reminiscence of John Pearson Bering, San Francisco, 1904. The Society of California Pioneers John Bering was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 6, 1828. His spent a good portion of his youth traveling with his father who was a ship captain to ports across Europe and South America. In 1844, Mr. Bering went to Buenos Aires and stayed there until 1848 working for the U.S. Consul and later, shipping and commission merchants. Upon return to Philadelphia from Buenos Aires he heard news of the gold discovery in California and resolved to go to California. He joined the company, "Gordon's California Association" and sailed from New York on February 9, 1849. After a stop in Rio de Janeiro, he arrived in San Francisco on September 12, 1849, and started for the southern mines via Stockton. In the fall of 1850 Mr. Bering located at a ranch in Modesto and planted a peach orchard. A flood in 1851 destroyed this orchard, which was the first peach orchard in the state Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 130-134, Vol. 7. This is a typed transcript, bound into a volume, of the member's autobiographical reminiscence created as an institutional record for the Society of California Pioneers. This reminiscence includes a reference to a photograph of the member in a set of bound volumes. It appears that the photographs in this set were dispersed throughout the regular photography collection, but the photographs referenced in the related materials may or may not be these same photographs. This reminiscence provides family history of the author as well as details regarding his journey to California and his life after arrival. The author's employment history and places of residence are also provided.
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