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" From lead mines to gold fields : "
Henry Taylor ; edited and with an introduction by Donald L. Parman.
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BL
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613698
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Taylor, Henry,1825-1931.
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From lead mines to gold fields : : memories of an incredibly long life /\ Henry Taylor ; edited and with an introduction by Donald L. Parman.
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, c2006.
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xxv, 225 p. :: ill., map ;; 23 cm.
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0803294611
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: 9780803294615
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-217) and index.
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| Contents
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Growing up in Virginia and Ohio -- Life in Iowa and Wisconsin -- From Wisconsin to Fort Laramie -- On to California -- Mining for gold -- Journeying home by sea -- Setbacks in Wisconsin and homesteading in Nebraska -- The San Francisco Earthquake -- Reflections of a centenarian.
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Taylor, Henry,1825-1931.
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Centenarians-- United States, Biography.
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Pioneers-- United States, Biography.
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Frontier and pioneer life-- United States.
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California, Gold discoveries.
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Parman, Donald Lee,1932-
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