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Two Forest Hill Stereoviews

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Two Forest Hill Stereoviews
SOLD
150.00USDto k********3+ buyer's premium (34.50)
This item SOLD at 2015 Sep 25 @ 14:22UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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1) Residence of J. G. Garrison. In 1856, he was engaged in merchandising with Harding & Kennedy, at Gray Eagle. in 1857 he moved to Horse-shoe Bar, in Placer County, and established a business of his own, general merchandising, which he conducted until the great flood of January, 1862, destroyed his place and stock. Mr. Garrison barely escaped death in the troubled waters, by breathing a hole through the roof of his house. What began as a disaster ended in a fabulous stroke of luck, when the mud slide on his property uncovered vast pockets of gold. He mined these until hydraulic mining was outlawed in 1884, averaging $1000 a day. His next venture was purchasing the interest of S.S. Kennedy in a mercantile house, at Forest Hill 2) Street scene with cows in Forest Hill. (Prag Collection)

City: Forest Hill
State: California
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HWAC#: : 30746