Description
Draft of a shorter biography of William Squire Clark in the handwriting of Alfred Bates. Reminiscences of journey, 1846, in party led from Missouri to Fort Laramie by Col. W.H. Russell, and thence to California by Lillburn W. Boggs; incidents of the Bear Flag Revolt; San Francisco, 1846-1870, and his land holdings; the discovery of gold; and experiences at Mormon Island.