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Wagon train finally reaches gold country / Bowen, Jerry [625] [WAYITWAS-2006-625]
In my last installment of James Pleasants' trek to California, the wagon train members were able to gather scant water for themselves at Rabbit Springs - also known as Rabbit Hole Springs - and began making their way across a portion of the Black Rock Desert.
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Wagon train reaches Pleasants Valley / Bowen, Jerry [627] [WAYITWAS-2006-627]
In my last column, we left James and William Pleasants at Bidwell Bar near Marysville in California.
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Harlan's Wagon Train from "The Gold Book"
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Wagon trains
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Chronicling the trek west to Pleasants Valley / Bowen, Jerry [618] [WAYITWAS-2005-618]
The Old California and Oregon Trails that led to the settling of the West during the gold rush are well chronicled by many of the pioneers who made their way here.
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Cholera plagued wagon trains on trip west / Bowen, Jerry [621] [WAYITWAS-2006-621]
In my last article, we began following the long wagon trip to California in 1849 with James S. Pleasants and his family. They had named the wagon train the Pleasant Hill Wagon Train in honor of the town they had been living near in Missouri.
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Reporters took probing tour into country / Delaplane, Kristin [325] [ECHOS-1997-325]
In the spring of 1879, staff from the Suisun City's Solano Republican set out to explore the countryside. Their trip started with a train ride to Bridgeport, present-day Cordelia. Along the route they viewed the orchards then in bloom. Once in Bridgeport they stopped in at each of the town's business establishments.
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Vacaville settler tells of his travails / Bowen, Jerry [623] [WAYITWAS-2006-623]
When we last left the Pleasant Hill wagon train, it had split into three groups because of the increased scarcity of feed for the animals as they continued their weary trek toward Independence Rock, the next major landmark.
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Pioneer prospered with cattle, stores / Delaplane, Kristin [322] [ECHOS-1997-322]
Suisun's pioneer John B. Lemon was born 1825 in Indiana and received a rudimentary education. At age 24 he was a clerk in a general store when news of the gold discovery in California reached Indiana and his imagination. In 1849, Lemon left home to travel by mule train to seek his fortune.
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Wagon folks hoped for land of plenty / Bowen, Jerry [149] [WAYITWAS-2003-149]
Not all the wagon trains that headed west to California in the 1800s were on a quest for riches found in the gold mines of the Golden State.
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