The adventures of a forty-niner. An historic description of California, with events and ideas of San Francisco and its people in those early days. By Daniel Knower.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Albany, Weed-Parsons printing co., 1894.Description: 200 p. plates, ports., facsim. 19 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • F865 .K7
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
Summary: An Albany, New York, physician, Daniel Knower (b. ca. 1818) sailed for California in 1849 with twelve prefabricated frame houses for the San Francisco market. The adventures of a forty-niner (1894) describes Knower's business and real estate speculations in San Francisco as well as an extended visit to a mining camp near Coloma and the life of prospectors there.
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Spine title: The days of the forty-niners.

An Albany, New York, physician, Daniel Knower (b. ca. 1818) sailed for California in 1849 with twelve prefabricated frame houses for the San Francisco market. The adventures of a forty-niner (1894) describes Knower's business and real estate speculations in San Francisco as well as an extended visit to a mining camp near Coloma and the life of prospectors there.

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.

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