Johnson, Theodore T.:

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SIGHTS IN THE GOLD REGION AND SCENES BY THE WAY. One of the earliest published accounts of the gold fields, reprinted numerous times in subsequent years. "Johnson arrived at San Francisco by steamer on April 1, 1849 and left there by steamer for Panama May 1. The month of April was spent in a trip to Sacramento and the mining camps" - Streeter."Johnson's book provided one of the earliest, liveliest, and most detailed accounts of the Gold Rush. In his preface dated September 1849, the gold seeker wrote: 'Seized with the gold fever and resolved to judge the wealth of El Dorado by actual observation, I embarked on one of the first steamers which sailed from New York.'...Much of the text is devoted to the crossing, delays, and life on the Isthmus....He also wrote about the Indians and their mistreatment, Peruvians, social life, mining methods, and the natural wealth of California. Meeting with little success, worried over health, and faced with stiff competition in San Francisco, Johnson left California on May 1" - Kurutz.

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