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Three Years in California by John D. Borthwick (1857)(LoC) (423 pages)
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START FOR THE MINES—THE SACRAMENTO RIVER — AMERICAN
RIVER-STEAMBOATS IN CALIFORNIA — NATURAL FACILITIES FOR
INLAND NAVIGATION, AND PROMPTNESS OF THE AMERICANS IN
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THEM—SACRAMENTO CITY — APPEARANCE OF THE HOUSES — STREET NOMENCLATURE — STAGING —
FOUR-AND-TWENTY FOUR-HORSE COACHES START TOGETHER —
THE PLAINS—THE SCENERY—THE WEATHER—THE MOUNTAINS—
MOUNTAIN ROADS AND AMERICAN DRIVERS — FIRST SIGHT OF
GOLD-DIGGING—ARRIVAL AT HANGTOWN.
I REMAINED in San Francisco till the worst of the
rainy season was over, when I determined to go and
try my luck in the mines ; so, leaving my valuables
in charge of a friend in San Francisco, I equipped
myself in my worst suit of old clothes, and, with my
blankets slung over my shoulder, I put myself on
board the steamer for Sacramento.
As we did not start till five o’clock in the afternoon, we had not an opportunity of seeing very much
of the scenery on the river. As long as daylight
lasted, we were among smooth grassy hills and valleys,
with but little brushwood, and only here and there a
few stunted trees. Some of the valleys are exceed-