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Panned Out Today. Got Eleven Dollars. David Drew Diary
Posted on 1 April 2011 | No CommentsThe season of placer mining in David Drew’s life was coming to a close by September 1856. He was barely making enough money to satisfy debts and sustain life. His... -
Went To Columbia. Got A Tooth Pulled. David Drew Diary
Posted on 1 April 2011 | No CommentsDavid Lewis Drew’s diary entries for October 1856 continued to reflect the end of his career of exclusively looking for gold. His days were spent maintaining the claim, getting his... -
Voted The Republican Ticket – David Drew Diary
Posted on 1 April 2011 | No CommentsNovember 1856 started with excitement of the Presidential Election. A life-long Republican by heart, David Lewis Drew voted for the Republican candidate,John C. Fremont, whose home state was California. The... -
Sold Out to Web Atwood ~ End of David Drew Diary
Posted on 1 April 2011 | No CommentsDavid Lewis Drew’s diary ends in December 1856. Earnings from placer mining had all but ceased. He was fortunate to find a buyer of his shares in the partnership. David... -
The Tale of the Tail
Posted on 31 July 2009 | No CommentsI continue to receive requests for more ‘Elwood Drew’ stories. Apparently, tales from his life are as funny to others as they have always been to me. Born prematurely in... -
Christmas in April
Posted on 2 May 2009 | No CommentsChristmas came to our house on Apr 30th this year. Years ago, I saw the diary of my great grandfather, David Lewis Drew, in Copperopolis, California. One of my older... -
If Wishes Were…..
Posted on 5 December 2008 | No CommentsWe all have certain presents we’d like to receive for Christmas but know that they’ll probably never actually appear. In 1986 I made slight detour coming home from business meetings... -
Keeping a Diary and Other Records
Posted on 9 October 2008 | No CommentsSince you are interested in family history, you need to be sure to keep your own living history on a regular, hopefully daily, basis. The sad news we see today... -
Essence of New Mown Hay
Posted on 21 January 2008 | No CommentsOften, old journal or diary entries don’t make much sense to us. The idioms that were so common when they were written are now lost in time. I’ve found that...
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