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This piece of correspondence was written by a man named Ford, from Missouri City, Arapaho Co., (later part of Colorado Territory). Ford had apparently left Burlington, Kansas Territory for "gold country" the previous year. He related some of his experiences in the gold fields and his desire to return to Kansas. Ford intended to stay "until I make enough to pay me for coming here and some more if I can," and he mentioned additional discoveries in the San Juan Mountains in Mexico, which caused "a great rush for those diggins."
Creator: Ford,
Date: November 14, 1860
Item Number: 3380
Call Number: Oscar E. Learnard Coll. #415 Box 1 Folder 3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3380
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - Leonard, Oscar E.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1860
Environment - Natural resources - Gold
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Burlington
Places - Counties - Arapahoe (1855-1861)
Places - Counties - Coffey
Places - International - Mexico
Places - Other States - Colorado
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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