Samuel R. Gwin dictation : Minidoka, Idaho, 1885.

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Samuel R. Gwin dictation : Minidoka, Idaho, 1885.

Includes information on his journey overland in 1849, via the Southern route; mining in Mariposa County, 1850; farming on the Merced River till 1862; horse-trading and freighting at Cheyenne and in the Black Hills during 1870's; stock-raising on the Raft River, Idaho.

Originals : 7 p. ; 28 cm.Copies : partial microfilm reel (10 frames) : negative (Rich. 113:11-12) and positive (Film P-H, reel 2)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7154113

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