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Daniel Jenks: Chavis Creek, camp 14th, 1859
Chavis Creek, camp 14th, drawing in graphite, ink, and crayon on paper by Daniel A. Jenks, 1859. Drawing shows a man wrapped in a blanket walking through the snow toward a sod or log structure lacking a door. Another man walks behind him carrying a log. A man and a woman stand in the doorway of the structure while two men stock a wagon. On Wednesday, April 13, 1859, Jenks' party arrived at Camp 14 - Chavis Creek. He wrote in his diary, "more snowing and blowing."
Daniel Jenks traveled to Yreka, California, twice from his native Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In 1849 he joined thousands of '49ers who poured into California by sailing around Cape Horn. In 1859, after a few months at home, Jenks began his overland journey, intending to mine for gold at Pike's Peak. Disillusioned, he returned to Yreka and, on December 24, 1859, bought a mining claim on Long Gulch, where he had mined previously.
From the American treasures exhibit at the U.S. Library of Congress.
[PD] This picture is in the public domain.
Daniel Jenks: Chavis Creek, camp 14th, 1859
Chavis Creek, camp 14th, drawing in graphite, ink, and crayon on paper by Daniel A. Jenks, 1859. Drawing shows a man wrapped in a blanket walking through the snow toward a sod or log structure lacking a door. Another man walks behind him carrying a log. A man and a woman stand in the doorway of the structure while two men stock a wagon. On Wednesday, April 13, 1859, Jenks' party arrived at Camp 14 - Chavis Creek. He wrote in his diary, "more snowing and blowing."
Daniel Jenks traveled to Yreka, California, twice from his native Pawtucket, Rhode Island. In 1849 he joined thousands of '49ers who poured into California by sailing around Cape Horn. In 1859, after a few months at home, Jenks began his overland journey, intending to mine for gold at Pike's Peak. Disillusioned, he returned to Yreka and, on December 24, 1859, bought a mining claim on Long Gulch, where he had mined previously.
From the American treasures exhibit at the U.S. Library of Congress.
[PD] This picture is in the public domain.