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051			_aF868.D2 _bM27 Copy 3 _cCopy 3. Purchase, Oct. 22, 1991 (DLC #0209040)
100	1		_aManly, William Lewis, _d1820-
245	1	0	_aDeath Valley in '49. _bImportant chapter of California pioneer history. The autobiography of a pioneer, detailing his life from a humble home in the Green Mountains to the gold mines of California; and particularly reciting the sufferings of the band of men, women and children who gave "Death Valley" its name. _cBy William Lewis Manly.
260			_aSan José, Cal., _bThe Pacific tree and vine co., _c1894.
300			_a498 p. _bincl. front. (port.) plates. _c20 cm.
520			_aWilliam Lewis Manly (1820-1903) and his family left Vermont in 1828, and he grew to manhood in Michigan and Wisconsin. On hearing the news of gold in California, Manly set off on horseback, joining an emigrant party in Missouri. Death Valley in '49 (1894) contains Manly's account of that overland journey. Setting out too late in the year to risk a northern passage thorugh the Sierras, the group takes the southern route to California, unluckily choosing an untried short cut through the mountains. This fateful decision brings the party through Death Valley, and Manly describes their trek through the desert, as well as the experiences of the Illinois "Jayhawkers" and others who took the Death Valley route. Manly's memoirs continue with his trip north to prospecting near the Mariposa mines, a brief trip back east via the Isthmus, and his return to California and another try at prospecting on the North Fork of the Yuba at Downieville in 1851. He provides lively ancedotes of life in mining camps and of his visits to Stockton, Sacramento, and San Francisco.
530			_aAlso available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
540			_aNo known restrictions on publication.
651		0	_aDeath Valley (Calif. and Nev.) _xDescription and travel.
651		0	_aCalifornia _xGold discoveries.
650		0	_aOverland journeys to the Pacific.
600	1	0	_aManly, William Lewis, _d1820-
650		0	_aPioneers _zWest (U.S.) _vBiography.
651		0	_aWest (U.S.) _xDescription and travel.
650		0	_aEthnic groups _zCalifornia.
650		0	_aMines and mineral resources _zCalifornia.
856	4	1	_dcalbk _f107 _qt _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.107
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