The Argonauts of California Being the Reminiscences, of Scenes and Incidents That Occurred in California in Early Mining Days (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Argonauts of California Being the Reminiscences, of Scenes and Incidents That Occurred in California in Early Mining Days Survnvms of Col. Stevenson's Regiment, Forty-mhers now living in the Atlantic States, Forty-mhers who went over-land to California, Fortymmers who sailed from City of N. Y., Forty-mhers who sanled from the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.