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Direct Link: https://apps.gocolumbia.edu/oralhistory/listen?155

Call Number: F868 .T915 P73 1957

Author(s):

Year Recorded: 1957

Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (34 min., 53 sec.).

Series Title: (Columbia Colllege oral history series)

General Notes: Contents outline (typescript) accompanies recording.

Contents: Side A: Stratton-Cutting family (Chinese Camp) ; General biographical notes ; Arrival in San Francisco ; Mining at Red Mountain Bar ; General merchandise store, Chinese Camp ; Death of Cutting along Red Hills Road ; Family charcoal business ; Identification of family members -- Duckwall family: General biographical notes ; Wagon train to California, 1852 ; Description of route and hardships ; Lou Duckwall and friend set out for hlep ; Columbia Hotel proprietor ; White house east of Tuolumne (City) ; Duckwall Saw Mill ; Don Pedro Ranch ; Death of Mr. Duckwall in 1896 at 88 years ; Death of Mrs. Duckwall in 1905 at 87 years -- Violent deaths in the High Sierra -- Corner School: Description of the school ; First school board members ; First teacher: Miss May Slonicker ; Activities at the school ; Visit of Supt. Morgan ; More to the Don Pedro Dam Site, 1921.

Local Notes: None

Held By: COLUMBIA

Geographic Term: Tuolumne (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.

Geographic Term: Tuolumne County (Calif.)--History--Personal narratives.