California's pioneer mountaineer of Rabbit Creek; John Thomas Mason's meaderings in the out of the way places of the western wilds. Short sketch of his ancestry, starting with the famous French explorer, La Salle ... Mason crossed the plains in 1851
California's pioneer mountaineer of Rabbit Creek; John Thomas Mason's meaderings in the out of the way places of the western wilds. Short sketch of his ancestry, starting with the famous French explorer, La Salle ... Mason crossed the plains in 1851...
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First edition. Limited to 525 numbered copies. 72pp. Color frontis, map, numerous illustrations, plates and facsimiles, from old photos and early prints. Original green cloth, lettered in black on front cover. Slight rubbing to corners and spine ends. A fine copy. Story of John Thomas Mason who crossed the plains in 1851 and spent the next 79 years in the Rabbit Creek region (Plumas county) and Sierra County. Covers the history and growth of Rabbit Creek along with numerous accounts of local events of the early days. Much on the mining areas, local individuals, the California Stage Company, etc.
