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A History Of Education In Calaveras County, California, 1850 To 1900, David Guinn Kenfield
A History Of Education In Calaveras County, California, 1850 To 1900, David Guinn Kenfield
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The rush to California brought a variety of people. There were the outcasts, the adventurers, the abandoned, the vigorous, the enterprising, and the progressive. They came from the east, south, New England, and the frontier of 1849. Many came from Europe. They came solely for gold. Man were single, many were married. Some never intended to return to their families; others planned on making their fortune and returning quickly. The thought of schools found little place in their minds.
This lack of thought sprang from two sources. First, their own lack of education tended to keep back any interest in …