Major Horace Bell was a "rawhide Californian," who wrote a stirring book about his life and times in the early days of the Golden State. Here's what he had to write about Pegleg Smith:
Reminiscences of a Ranger; Or, Early Times in Southern California, by Major Horace Bell (Los Angeles: 1881)...
This is open to ALL members of TreasureNet.com in good standing. This is California “Mother Lode Country” gold. Tell me the EXACT, TOTAL weight of these nuggets in Grams (0.00-grams).
Contest closes at 7:00pm, Wednesday, December 23, 2015.
In the event of a tie, first correct guess posted...
So we finally got our gold back from the gem show, took the post office 13 days to deliver what should have been 2 days...go postal service Yay! got scared it was gone for a bit!!
Anyway, this shows some of what came in today. A nice dore bar. Placer nuggets. A 5 oz nugget. An Australian...
The Peg Leg Smith Chronicles - 19th Century Newspaper Articles
Peg-Leg Smith.— Nevada Gazette gives the following biographical item, which is characteristic of this old mountaineer :
Peg-Leg Smith, whose death was recently announced, as most of our readers are aware, was an old mountaineer...