Charles Stoddard, Vacation Beyond the Rockies

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In contrast to the hardy struggles of many early California pioneers, there were a number of travelers who came to the territory in relative luxury and ease. Written by Charles Stoddard, a Presbyterian clergyman, this narrative is an account of he and his wife's travels to California in 1893. Their vacation took them through New Orleans, San Antonio, El Paso and Tucson on their way to the West Coast. Intended to help researchers understand the larger context in which ancestors may have lived, these are the pleasant observations of a tourist on holiday.

Sources Library of Congress. California As I Saw It, 1849-1900. Vol. 16. [database on-line] Washington: Library of Congress, 1999. Stoddard, Charles Augustus. Beyond the Rockies: A Spring Journey in California. New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1894.

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