Reminiscences of the Far West and other trips, 1861-1918 : typescript, 1920.

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Reminiscences of the Far West and other trips, 1861-1918 : typescript, 1920.

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The noted Chicago business man and collector descibes his overland journey from Harvard, Illinois, to California in 1860, via Salt Lake and the Simpson trail across Nevada; Civil War experiences in southern California, Arizona, Sonora, and New Mexico with the California and New Mexican volunteers, and return to Illinois via the Santa Fe Trail in 1864. Also, visits to California and Arizona, 1881; the Grand Canyon, 1883-1884; Mexico in 1886 and 1887, and other travels.

Originals : [191] leaves ; 33 cm.Copies : 1 microfilm reel : negative (Rich. 978:2)

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Ayer, Edward Everett, 1841-1927

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Edward Everett Ayer (Nov. 16, 1841 -- May 3, 1927), businessman, bibiliophile and collector. In 1860 he joined an overland expedition to California. He stopped in Nevada, where he worked at a quarz mill in Silver City, but soon moved on to San Francisco. He remained there, working at a planing mill, until the outbread of the Civil War. He enlisted in the 1st Regiment of California Cavalry Volunteers, and was later transferred to the 1st Regiment of New Mexico Infantry. Ayer served in many posts ...