Diary of Louis John Frederick Jaeger
Fragment of a Diary Kept by Louis John Frederick Jaeger, 1892.
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1849
Holograph notebook describes voyage as passenger on the ship Mason from Philadelphia to San Francisco, Feb. 22, 1849 - Dec. 31, 1849. Later part of diary tells of operating a boarding house in San Francisco, and working as a carpenter.
Ferryman and adventurer; operated ferry across Colorado River at Yuma, Ariz., 1850-1877.
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