Reminiscences of William Bull Meek of Camptonville, California : n.p. : typescript (carbon), 1928.

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Reminiscences of William Bull Meek of Camptonville, California : n.p. : typescript (carbon), 1928.

Removed from the Carl I. Wheat Collection. Cover bears the inscription: This MS. property of George Ezra Dane. Boyhood in Indian Valley, Calif.; move to Camptonville in 1866; description of the town and information on its history; work as agent, Wells Fargo Co., and stage driver; comments on mining towns, early settlers, etc. with many anecdotes.

[2], 193 leaves ; 28 cm.

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Meek, William Bull, 1856.

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Wheat, Carl I. (Carl Irving), 1892-1966

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Wheat was an historian of California and the American West with a particular interest in early maps of the region. He was also a collector of books and manuscripts, a founder of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, and an active member of E Clampus Vitus, the Bohemian Club, and the Zamarano Club. From the description of Carl I. Wheat notes and maps. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122598853 Carl I. Wheat, Western historian, chairman of The Friends of the Bancroft...