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Robert Louis Stevenson, Silverado, California, 1880s
Colorful narrative of the adventure of Robert Louis Stevenson after his marriage in California
Description
Pursuing Fanny Van de Grift to California from France in 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson married the Oakland woman and honeymooned in a cabin in Silverado. This database is a narrative account the newlyweds' life in the mining ghost town on Mt. St. Helena. It contains Stevenson's descriptions of the region, including many of their colorful neighbors. Also provided, is his account of traveling from San Francisco, up the Napa Valley, to Calistoga, and many tales about the town in its glory days as a silver mining camp. For researchers of early California history, this can be an interesting narrative.
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