My gg-gf, Aaron Archer, and his two twin older brother's, John and William, went to the Gold Rush from Dubuque. They took an ox-cart for a six-month trek to CA. We aren't sure what year they went, somewhere in 1851 - 1852. I'd love to find out what gold-rush trains left the Dubuque area in that time frame. Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: Kortenkamp, Daniel [mailto:dkortenk@uwsp.edu] > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:10 AM > To: IADUBUQU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Dub'que] Dubuquers in the California Gold Rush? > > > Does anyone have info about Dubuquers who went to California > during the Gold Rush? The family story is that an immigrant > ancestor -- Leonard BERG (b. 1823, Bensheim, Hesse-Darmstadt) -- > traveled from Dubuque to California in 1850. I have no > documentation for this trip to California. The story continues > that after 18 months he returned to Dubuque and operated both a > bakery and saloon ("Lager Beer Saloon", 731 Clay St.). He was a > baker by trade. > > Daniel J. Kortenkamp > Stevens Point, WI 54481 > http://www.uwsp.edu/psych/dk/danielpg.htm > > > > > > ==== IADUBUQU Mailing List ==== > ROLL CALLS? Not permitted unless instituted by the List Admin. But post > your interests and areas of search often. New members join every day. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >