A trip to the gold regions of the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1860, [1860].

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A trip to the gold regions of the Rocky Mountains in the summer of 1860, [1860].

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John D. Young's narrative of his 1860 round trip from Chicago to the Colorado gold fields and his experiences there, probably composed in Chicago after the trip.

1 v. (120 p.) ; 32 cm.

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

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Young, John D., 1839-1898

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Colorado gold rush participant and Ottawa, Ill., lumber merchant. Born in Canada in 1839, John D. Young moved with his family to Chicago in 1843. In 1860 Young travelled with a party of seven gold seekers from Chicago by rail to Quincy, steamer to Hannibal, rail to St. Joseph, and wagon along the Saint Joe Road and the cutoff to Denver. For over a month, Young prospected in the Colorado mountains near Tarryall and California Gulch, before returning with five of his origi...