Echoes of the past about California In camp and cabin

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Echoes of the past about California . In camp and cabin

by John Bidwell . by John Steele ; edited by Milo Milton Quaife

（The Lakeside classics）

R.R. Donnelley, 1928

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Bidwell's Echoes of the past, Steele's In camp and cabin

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"Echoes of the past" was first published serially in The Century magazine in 1890, and at a date subsequent to Gen. Bidwell's death, apparently, it was reprinted by the press of the Chico (California) Advertiser. cf. Introduction, p. xix. "In camp and cabin" was first published at Lodi, Wisconsin, in 1901. cf. Introduction, p. xxi

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Map has title: Map of the mining district of California, by Captn. W.A. Jackson ... London, 1851

Summary: John Bidwell (1819-1900) was born in Chautaugua County, New York, and was living in Ohio when he decided to seek his fortune in California in 1841. He journeyed west as part of the first emigrant train going overland from Missouri to California, where he found work at Fort Sutter. He sided with governor Micheltorena in the 1844 revolt but aided the Bear Flag rebels in 1846. After serving with Frémont, he returned to Fort Sutter. Among the first to find gold on Feather River, Bidwell used his earnings to secure a grant north of Sacramento in 1849, and he spent the rest of his life as a farmer at "Rancho Chico," becoming a leader of the State's agricultural interests. A Democrat and Unionist during the Civil War, Bidwell served in the U.S. House, 1864-66, and was the Prohibition Party's candidate for governor (1890) and President (1892). Throughout his life in California, he was a friend to Native American tribes. John Steele (1832-1915) traveled overland from Wisconsin to California in 1850 and remai

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