Downie, William, 1819-1894
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Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819, Downie worked as a sailor before joining the Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. He mined near Sacramento and along the Yuba River in California, in British Columbia (where he also studied the Canadian Indians and made reports about the topography of the land around the Skeena River), and in Panama. He founded the California town of Downieville. A volume of his reminiscences, Hunting for Gold, was published in 1893, by the California Publishing Company in San Francisco. He died in San Francisco in 1894.
William Downie was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819. He worked as sailor before joining the Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. He mined near Sacramento and along the Yuba River in California, in British Columbia (where he studied Canadian Indians and made reports to the Canadian government about the topography of the land around the Skeena River and the British Columbia coastline), and in Panama. He founded the California town of Downieville, California's first state capitol. A volume of his reminiscences, Hunting for Gold, was published in 1893 by the California Publishing Company in San Francisco. He died in San Francisco in 1894.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1819, Downie worked as a sailor before joining the Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. He mined near Sacramento and along the Yuba River in California, in British Columbia (where he studied Canadian Indians and made reports about the topography of the land around the Skeena River), and in Panama. He founded the California town of Downieville. A volume of his reminiscences, Hunting for Gold, was published in 1893, by the California Publishing Company in San Francisco. He died in San Francisco in 1894.
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Quesnel River (B.C.)
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California
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Queen Charlotte Islands (B.C.)
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Panama
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Fort Alexandria (B.C.)
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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Newcastle (Calif.)
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San Francisco (Calif.)
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California
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Port Essington (B.C.)
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Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.)
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Washington (State)
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Fort Alexandria (B.C.)
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Downieville (Calif.)
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Downieville (Calif.)
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Fort Simpson (N.W.T.)
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British Columbia
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Port Essington (B.C.)
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Quesnel River (B.C.)
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Fraser River (B.C.)
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Fraser River (B.C.)
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Port Essington (B.C.)
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Skeena River (B.C.)
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Skeena River (B.C.)
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Fort Simpson (N.W.T.)
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Fort Alexandria (B.C.)
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Panama
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California
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Okanagan River Valley (B.C. and Wash.)
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Portland (Or.)
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