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Marsh conducted a letter-writing campaign espousing the California climate, soil and other reasons to settle there, as well as the best route to follow, which became known as "Marsh's route." His letters were read, reread, passed around, and printed in newspapers throughout the country, and started the first significant immigration to ...
Main Post of the Presidio of San Francisco, as seen in 2018. The Society is currently headquartered in the Presidio of San Francisco. Pioneer Hall, which houses the museum and research library (open to the public on Fridays, the first Saturday of each month, or otherwise by appointment) is located in the historic Presidio Main Post at 101 Montgomery, Suite 150.
Marsh conducted a letter-writing campaign espousing the California climate, soil and other reasons to settle there, as well as the best route to follow, which became known as "Marsh's route." His letters were read, reread, passed around, and printed in newspapers throughout the country, and stimulated the first significant migration to ...
The California History Room has current and historical information on California people, places and events. [12] Materials in the collection include California phone books and city directories, California periodicals, newspapers and newspaper indexes, information files, pioneer letters, and information on California genealogy.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 November 2024. American explorer (1819–1870) Lansford Hastings Born Lansford Warren Hastings 1819 (1819) Mount Vernon, Ohio Died 1870 (1871) (aged 51) St. Thomas, Virgin Islands Occupation(s) lawyer, writer and adventurer Known for developer of the Hastings Cutoff Spouse Charlotte Toler Lansford ...
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Edwin Bryant (August 21, 1805 – December 16, 1869) was a Kentucky newspaper editor whose popular 1848 book What I Saw in California describes his overland journey to California, his account of the infamous Donner Party, and his term as second alcalde, or pre-statehood mayor, of the city of San Francisco.