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Three Years in California by John D. Borthwick (1857)(LoC) (423 pages)
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Page: of 423
THREE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA.
CHAPTER I.
CALIFORNIA FEVER IN THE STATES — THE START—NEW YORK TO
PANAMA — SHIPBOARD — CHAGRES — CROSSING THE ISTHMUS —
THE RIVER—CRUCES—GORGONA.
Axout the beginning of the year 1851, the rage
for emigration to California from the United States
was at its height. All sorts and conditions of men,
old, young, and middle-aged, allured by the hope of
acquiring sudden wealth, and fascinated with the
adventure and excitement of a life in California, were
relinquishing their existing pursuits and associations
to commence a totally new existence in the land of
gold.
The rush of eager gold-hunters was so great, that
the Panama Steamship Company’s office in New
York used to be perfectly mobbed for a day and a
night previous to the day appointed for selling tickets
for their steamers. Sailing vessels were despatched.
for Chagres almost daily, carrying crowds of pasA