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 Solomon Wood, San Francisco, 1904. The Society of California Pioneers Solomon Wood was born on December 19th, 1813 in the town of Stoneraise, England. He sailed for America in 1837 and settled in Philadelphia, practicing his trade of stone-cutting. Later that year he traveled to St. Louis and remained there until 1849 when he started across the plains for California in search of gold. He arrived in "Hangtown" on August 14th, 1849. He and his company began their mining operations at Georgestown, and the Spanish Bar, on the middle fork of the American River. They gradually worked their way up the Yuba River to Downieville. Mr. Wood continued to mine for gold and later around 1852 pursued quartz mining, securing an interest in the Plumas Eureka and Ariel Mines Autobiographies and Reminiscences of California Pioneers, p. 53-56, Vol. 8. 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 provides an account of Solomon Wood's journey to America, then to California, and his life afterward. Details regarding his mining experience and business pursuits are included in the reminiscence.
Wood, Solomon--1813-1896 Pioneers--California--Biography Overland journeys to the Pacific Gold miners--California--Biography San Francisco (Calif.)--History
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Pioneers California Biography Gold miners San Francisco (Calif.) History
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