1850
Individuals went to California during the gold excitement.
The evidence
“G. Colley went to California in 1850, and returned in 1851. In 1860, went to Pike's Peak.”
1879-history-of-rock-county/23-bios-turtle.md, PDF p. 799 / book p. 803
Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (PDF p. 799 / book p. 803) · open the whole page “In the spring of 1850, during the great gold excitement, he went to California, going overland by team, and engaged in placer mining in Placerville. The succeeding two years were spent in the gold mines with varying success, at the end of which time he returned to New York by way of Nicaragua and at once sailed for his native land, where on March 23, 1852, in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, he was married to Miss Susan Wilson, a daughter of John and Sarah (Taylor) Wilson of that place.”
1908-brown-rock-county/34b-biographical-2.md, Vol. 2, PDF p. 420 / book p. 911
Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.
Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources
On the printed page (Vol. 2, PDF p. 420 / book p. 911) · open the whole page
