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  • "Millionaires" Come Home
    "Millionaires" Come Home Newspaper
    Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Aug 1912, p. 10     ...
    Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Aug 1912, p. 10   ...
  • Curry Tells of Long Trip to California
    Curry Tells of Long Trip to California Newspaper
    Seymour Currey, Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Feb 1914, 1, 4     A large number of Evanstonians journeyed to California in 1850 to look for gold. This followed a gold mining trip in 1849 by area resident Ozro Crain. He came back with glowing reports of his experie
    Seymour Currey, Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 Feb 1914, 1, 4   A large number of Evanstonians journeyed to California in 1850 to look …
  • Letter from George Huntoon, Whiskey Diggins, California, to his brother, dated November 18, 1852.
    Letter from George Huntoon, Whiskey Diggins, California, to his brother, dated November 18, 1852. Text
        George Huntoon writes to his brother about his experiences at Whiskey, Diggins, California, panning for gold.
      George Huntoon writes to his brother about his experiences at Whiskey, Diggins, …
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