Forty Niner Diary Near Gold Country Deserts and Hardship
William B. Ogle’s diary chronicles a trek toward Sacramento, detailing scarce grass, dead stock, desert crossings, and scarce meat as the party battles heat, rocky canyons, and long delays. The narrative estimates 110 miles to the diggings and notes trading posts with high prices along Carson River.
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Promised Land
William B. Ogle
Sacramento
Ogle
Canyon River
Sahara
Bear River Valley
Humboldt
St. Mary’s River
Goose Rivers
Tim
Carson River
Sierra Nevada
Diggins
Sacramento City
California
Devil’s Gap
Hell’s Gate
Big Desert
Self
Sleep Essentials and Dr Miles Nervine Endorsement
A health ad stresses sleep as essential for nerve repair and energy. It promotes Dr Miles Nervine and Restorative Nervine with a testimonial from Mrs. B R Gilbertson of Belvidere Tils and notes the Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana guarantees benefits or refunds.
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Miles
Dr. Miles
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Ind
Across the Sierra Canyon Journey and Camp Life Entries
Sunday and Monday entries recount layover camps and a trek along grassy bottoms and rough pine timber. The travelers note hot springs and profit from stock exchanges, heavy wagon strains, a perilous canyon crossing, and shifting fortunes of horses versus oxen on the Sacramento route.
Electric Bitters Aimed at Kidney and General Debility
E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Iowa credits Electric Bitters with curing two years of kidney trouble and general debility. The tonic claims to heal stomach liver kidney complaints blood diseases headaches dizziness and weakness at 50 cents, guaranteed at Smock's drug store.
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E. H. Wolfe
Bear Grove
Iowa
Smock
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The
Land OF
Gold
Hopkin
Ber
New England
George C. Porter
Broad Street
Newark
Thedford’s
LaFranco Philadelpihia
Sullivan
Glidden & Douthitt
North Side
Lake Park
Minnesota
Yellowstone Park
Colorado
Puget Sound
Burlington
St. Louis
W. A. Lalor
P. A. Barco
Briggs
Notary Public
Davis Hotel
A. E. Hazelrigg
Indiana
Giles
Chambers & Eaton
C. H. Stratton Loan Co
North Long & Warren
W. H. Hill, JR
R.p.crawford
Shelburn
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