[James Mason Hutchings and others next to fallen giant redwood tree, Calaveras County, Calif.] [graphic]. 1883.

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[James Mason Hutchings and others next to fallen giant redwood tree, Calaveras County, Calif.] [graphic]. 1883.

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Photograph depicts James Mason Hutchings posing with unidentified man, women and children next to fallen redwood tree "Old Dominion" in the North Calaveras Grove of giant sequoia trees, Calaveras County, Calif.

1 photographic print on card mount : albumen ; print 19 x 24 cm, mount 20 x 26 cm

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Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason), 1820-1902

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James Mason Hutchings was born in 1824 in England. At sixteen years old he traveled to New Orleans and worked as a clerk in a business house there. When he heard about the gold discovery, he left New Orleans in April of 1849, determined to satisfy his craving for adventure by taking the overland route. He arrived at the "gold-diggings" on October 9, 1849. He mined, made his fortune, and lost it all when the San Francisco bank, Frank Ward & Co., failed. He then returned to mining. In 1853, Hu...