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As I Remember Them by Charles Carroll Goodwin. In this collection, Goodwin offers vivid pen portraits of notable western figures who shaped California, Nevada, and Utah in the 19th century. Preface explains the aim: to present sketches of men who, through learning or toil, advanced civilization—from frontier pioneers to masterful industrialists, jurists, and miners. The book traverses General John A. Sutter, John Bidwell, Senator David C. Broderick, Leland Stanford, Theodore Judah, and the Old-Time Miners, and the empire-builders of the Central Pacific, such as Huntington, Hopkins, Crocker, and Stanford’s partners. These biographical pieces blend memoir with anecdote and moral reflection, balancing reverent admiration with candid appraisal. The volume also covers mining camps, stage drivers, bankers, and other figures who built railroads, banks, and towns under frontier conditions, including the Comstock era. Through portraits of courage, resourcefulness, and sometimes conflict, Goodwin illuminates the social fabric of a rapidly expanding American West and its enduring legacy.
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