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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Available also in the original handwritten form in the member's Biographical File, and online 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 Frederick T. Houghton, Hornitos, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers Houghton was born in Sterling, Ma on April 15, 1825. His father, Samuel Houghton was prominent in the Whig party of Massachusetts. After school in Worcester, Ma., F.T. Houghton became interested in mercantile pursuits, C.W. Warren & Co. of Boston, A.T. Stewart & Co. of New York, and Venancio Sanchez & Co. of St. Augustine, Florida. With 6 other passengers, he sailed for California, via Panama (Jan. 1849) from St. Augustine. Houghton arrived in San Francisco on August 7, 1849 and immediately went to the big bar on the Mokelumne River, eventually employed as pilot for Captain Sutter on the first steamer on the San Joaquin River. Houghton was voted one of the first members of the Board of Supervisors for Tuolumne County, during which he was engaged in keeping a hotel and store at Tims Springs Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.109-121, Vol. 1. 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. The original handwritten version exists in the member's Biographical File. 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 covers Houghton's life from 1849 to 1901and discusses his New England family and his early years. Houghton describes attending the 1852 funeral of Daniel Webster. En route to California Houghton stopped in Panama, and his stay there is described (during which time he suffered from a bout of Isthmus Fever as well as Cholera) as well as his adventures on the Chagres River. Named are all the Steamers Houghton piloted. Houghton names acquaintances and gives a description of his experiences in mining, politics, and commerce, offering the reader a sense of the daily life of the pioneer.
Houghton, Frederick T--1825-1911 Webster, Daniel--1782-1852 Rogue River Tribe Pioneers--California--Biography Pioneers--Oregon Frontier and pioneer life Gold mines and mining Voyages to the Pacific Coast Indians of North American--Oregon--History California--Biography California--History--19th century California--Commerce--History California--Gold discoveries Angel's Camp (Calif.)--History Tuolomne County (Calif.)--History
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California -- History -- 19th century
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Pioneers California Biography Oregon. Indians of North American Oregon History 19th century. Commerce Gold discoveries California, Northern. Angel's Camp (Calif.) Tuolomne County (Calif.) Rogue River Valley (Klamath County-Curry County, Or.)
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