On the golden trail, 1915, February.

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On the golden trail, 1915, February.

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Brief account of Coats' travels from Henry County, Missouri, to California along the Oregon and California Trails in May 1849. Includes descriptions of crossing the Kansas River, following the Platte riverbed, and traveling alongside Sioux Indians. Also includes a brief description of Coats' travels and prospecting in California from 1849-1852.

1 typewritten copy, 4 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Coats, Felix Grundy.

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Felix Grundy Coats (c.1829-1916) traveled with his father from Henry County, Missouri, to the California gold fields in 1849. He spent the next year prospecting at Grass Valley, Bear River, and Placerville, California. Coats' father returned to Missouri in 1851, but he was joined in California by his brother Bill. The brothers travled from Diamond Springs to Contra Costa and finally Tassajara, California. Here they established a homestead along with the rest of their family, who had arrived from...