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Title: Ezra M. Hamilton Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1833-1914
Box Number: 213-214
Creator:
Hamilton, Ezra M., 1832 or 3-1914
Extent: 2 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], Ezra M. Hamilton Collection, California State Library.
Hamilton, Ezra M., 1832 or 3-1914
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Indians of North America--California
Gold mines and mining--California
Chinese--California
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Politics and government
Willow Springs (Calif.)--History
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Pioneers--California
Manuscript reminiscences of Ezra M. Hamilton, with index and typescript of pages 1-184 and 491-617.
Ezra M. Hamilton was born in Illinois February 22, 1833. In 1853, he came to California, working in the mines and taking part
in the Rogue River War against the Rogue River Indians. 1856 found Hamilton mining in Shasta County. He returned East in 1861,
serving in Union armies throughout the Civil War. In 1875, he returned to California for his health. He went into business
in Los Angeles, manufacturing cement pipe. In 1878, Hamilton helped organize the Workingmen's Party and was elected to the
Los Angeles City Council. In 1884, he was again elected to the City Council on the strength of his anti-railroad views. In
1897, he moved to Antelope Valley and founded Willow Springs as a resort for tourists. He died at Willow Springs, July 4,
1914.