Gold miners -- West (U.S.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George Allan Dyson papers
Collection
Identifier: Ax 244
Abstract
George Allan Dyson was born in England in 1843 and his family moved to the United States soon after. In 1861 Dyson sailed to California to work in the gold mines. A few years later he moved to Brownsville, Oregon and established the town’s first newspaper, the Brownsville Advertiser, in 1878. Dyson mined in central Idaho in the 1880s, and moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1899, where he worked as a tinsmith until his death in 1935. The collection consists of diaries, letters, ledgers, manuscripts...
Dates:
1861–1931
Bushrod Washington Wilson letters to Joseph P. Wilson
Collection — Folder 1-2: [Barcode: i49301408]
Identifier: A 135
Abstract
Bushrod Washington Wilson (1824-1900) was a sailor, gold miner, and carpenter who eventually settled in Corvallis, Oregon, where he became a prominent citizen. The collection consists of Wilson's letters to his brother, Joseph.
Dates:
1846-1875
