Dictation from Robert Denniston Hume : San Francisco, [ca. 1887-1889].

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Dictation from Robert Denniston Hume : San Francisco, [ca. 1887-1889].

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From miscellaneous California dictations, statements and some questionnaires concerning social life, customs, economic conditions, recorded and prepared for H.H. Bancroft primarily between 1887 and 1889.

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Hume, R. D. (Robert Deniston), 1845-1908

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Robert Deniston Hume (1845-1908), who founded R.D. Hume and Company, came to Oregon from California. Hume began a salmon fishing and canning operation at the mouth of the Rogue River in 1877, and during the next thirty years created a commercial empire in Curry County. Known as "King of the Rogue," he controlled fishing on the Rogue River, claiming a monopoly, and also invented canning machinery and devised a successful method of hatching salmon. In addition, he founded ...

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