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 James Hodge Boyd, Madera, 1901. The Society of California Pioneers James Hodge Boyd was born in Bristol, Maine on May 11th, 1825. On February 3, 1849 he shipped on board the ship "Panama" with Capt. Bodfish for San Francisco. After 103 days they arrived at Talcahuano, Chile. They stayed there for 3 weeks, and arrived in S.F. and settled in "Happy Valley". He worked near the Alcalde's office at Portsmouth Square and then hauled cargo off a ship from Oregon. Boyd went into the steve-doring business earning $75 a day. He then attempted to find work in the gold mines, trying Carson Creek and Cayotaville. Having no luck, he returned to S.F. He then went to Portland, Oregon for lumber on the ship "Success" headed by Capt. Irven, but Boyd returned to S.F. and accepted the position of Captain of the Schooner "Travella". Boyd then manned of the vessel "Sea Witch" and in 1852, Boyd returned to Portland and became Capt. of the Bark "Ocean Bird", and was in charge of the Steamers: "Multnomal", "Mountain Buck", "Independence", and others on the Upper Columbia River. In 1860 Boyd went back east, married, then returned to Portland and worked as a tanner. His wife died in 1862. In 1863 Boyd moved to Idaho for 6 years to work in mines. In 1870 he returned to Maine and engaged in the lumber and milling business. In 1871 Boyd married his second wife. Boyd traveled to S.F. arriving March 12th, 1882 and there he manufactured cigars. In 1891 Boyd moved to Madera, where he invested in land and owned a prune orchard Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p.32-35, 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 the period from 1825 to 1891. It offers family history, geographic descriptions, and employment history regarding wages and pay. James Boyd was engaged in the shipping and lumber industry. Details are given regarding a trip made to Oregon from San Francisco where some obstacles were encountered around "Cape Disappointment".
Boyd, James Hodge--1825-1908 Pioneers--California--Biography Gold mines and mining Voyages to the Pacific Coast Frontier and pioneer life Shipping--California--San Francisco Bay Area--History California--Biography California--History--19th century
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California -- History -- 19th century
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Pioneers California Biography Shipping San Francisco Bay Area History 19th century. California, Northern.
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