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[Publisher not identified], Susanville, California, 1974. Softcover, staple bound, two volumes, complete: Vol. 1, [5], 98 pp; Vol. 2, pp. 99-155, XXVII; 21 cm. Black and white photographs and portraits; footnotes; appendix.
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In good condition. Gray illustrated paper covers have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and mild to moderate age toning, foxing and light soiling on both volumes; original hand-written price sticker on front cover of Volume 1; staple bindings are firm on both volumes; pages show light toning but are otherwise unmarked. A family history tracing the Woodward family from their earliest ancestors in America through the California Gold Rush, focusing on George Woodward who came west in 1849 and settled in the Mohawk Valley and Johnsville area of Plumas County, California. Includes detailed accounts of mining activities in Butte and Plumas counties, family letters from Ohio and California, and photographs of family members and historic mining sites including the Plumas Eureka Mine. Contents: Our First Ancestors in America; The Franklin California Mining Co.; Early Explorations and Trails to the West; St. Joseph Missouri to Lassen Meadow; The Applegate Trail 1846; The Lassen Trail; Mining Activities in the Mother Lode; Mining in Butte and Plumas Co.; George and Martha Judson Woodward; Family Activities; Family Activities continued; Letters from Ohio and California; Activities in Johnsville and the Death of Martha & George Woodward; Notes; Other Short Family Histories; Appendix
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