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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of George M. West standing in the near distance and posing in front of a log cabin. The cabin stands in the near distance, right-of-center. It is viewed from the front. A door at left stands ajar and a smokestack rises from the left side of the building. George M. West stands in front of the cabin, to the right of the door. He squares towards the camera and rests both hands to his hips as he turns his head to the right. A dirt pathway passes on an angle through the foreground from the lower right corner and up to the left. Ground brush surrounds the cabin and stretches into the distance. Mountains stand silhouetted in the far distance. Text from negative sleeve: 1338. Yreka, Calif. 1898. I took father to Yreka, California in 1898 to visit his old mining grounds where he mined in 1859-1865. 1. The Court House or jail at Yreka as it looked when we were there. 2. The original YREKA BAKERY where the miners got their bread, pies and cakes in the late 50's and early 60's. The name spells either backward or forward. 3. 4. 5. Three pictures of George M. West standing by the only log cabin on Greenhorn Creek where he mined. This gulch was once filled with cabins and miners. 6. A very poor film of the foundation of the old cabin built by George M. West and associates about 1859. 6 films
Type
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1998_1338_004 ark:/21198/zz002ht0sz
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Mining camps--California--Yreka Log cabins--California--Yreka West, George Miller, 1831-1912
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