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System Number: 109486

Article title:
"Culloma Mills, South Fork of Rio Americano "

Author:
Osgood, S. S.

Title:
New York Daily Tribune

Filed in:
In Library Use - Restrictions
Vertical File: Counties: El Dorado County: Cities: Coloma

Published:
, April 18, 1849.

Notes:
This is from a volunteer flyer in preparation for Marshall Gold Discover State Park's "Gold Rush Live" event, July of 2017. Introduction reads: "First person account of Coloma in 1849 by S. S. Osgood." The narrative is typed in original spelling and speaks of Captain Sutter, Captain Folsom, food availability for miners, daily tasks, dreadful behavior by some regarding Native Americans and first impressions of daily llife in the mining camp in Coloma, 1849.
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Subjects:
1. Coloma (Calif.) -- History 2. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park (Coloma, Calif.) 3. Gold -- California -- History 4. Mining camps -- California -- El Dorado County -- History

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