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 H.J. Ostrander, Merced, Cal., 1901. The Society of California Pioneers H.J. (Harry James) Ostrander was born in Smithfield, Madison County, New York on October 7th, 1825. In the winter of 1848 Mr. Ostrander left New York for San Francisco, by way of Mexico. He arrived in California around June 10th, 1849 and reached the mines of the Tuolumne River by July. He and his partner found and named Indian Bar mining camp. They also established a store and helped organize damming and canal companies. In 1850 Mr. Ostrander left mining in pursuit of farming and raising stock on the South bank of the Merced River. His was the first irrigated farm in the San Joaquin Valley. In 1872 Mr. Ostrander was chosen the first president of the Farmers' Canal Company. He also served as the President of the Merced County Agricultural Society, and Yosemite Park Commissioner Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 91-98, Vol. 6. This is a typed transcript, boiund 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. The period of time represented by this biography is from 1848 to 1899. It contains information pertaining to Mr. Ostrander's journey to California from New York as well as significant details regarding his work in mining and agriculture.
Ostrander, Harry James--1825-1913 Pioneers--California--Biography Voyages to the Pacific Coast Gold mines and mining--California--Feather River Gold mines and mining--California--Tuolumne County Gold miners--California--Biography Agriculture--California--History Merced County (Calif.)--History San Francisco (Calif.)--History
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Pioneers California Biography Gold mines and mining Feather River. Tuolumne County. Gold miners Agriculture History Merced County (Calif.) San Francisco (Calif.)
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