He came west 1851 probably because he had sent other members of the party ahead of him on the west coast of Panama. Settled in the San Joaquin valley to operate a farm. He later went into lumber business in Santa Cruz mountains along with brother, Stephen and Elijah Whitney.
James and Hannah lived in Wesley before sailing for California in 1850. They came on the steamer "Pacific", Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis, owned by the Vanderbilt interests, from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. Whether they were on another ship from Panama and changed in Nicaragua, or whether they crossed the Isthmus of Nicaragua, I do not know. The voyage took 13 days, including a stop at San Diego where unusual difficulty was met in finding enough coal of good quality to proceed. Cargo was miscellaneous merchandise. Passengers were several hundred, 20 ladies, 30 children, and the rest mainly single men bound for the mines. No one died on the passage and arrival was on Dec. 9, 1851. To cross Nicaragua could take 8 days, the last section being by boat across the large Lago de Nicaragua. Frealon walked, the rest rode mules or horses; Frealon could not afford one.
James and Hannah lived in Wesley before sailing for California in 1850. They came on the steamer "Pacific", Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis, owned by the Vanderbilt interests, from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. Whether they were on another ship from Panama and changed in Nicaragua, or whether they crossed the Isthmus of Nicaragua, I do not know. The voyage took 13 days, including a stop at San Diego where unusual difficulty was met in finding enough coal of good quality to proceed. Cargo was miscellaneous merchandise. Passengers were several hundred, 20 ladies, 30 children, and the rest mainly single men bound for the mines. No one died on the passage and arrival was on Dec. 9, 1851. To cross Nicaragua could take 8 days, the last section being by boat across the large Lago de Nicaragua. Frealon walked, the rest rode mules or horses; Frealon could not afford one.
He came west 1851 probably because he had sent other members of the party ahead of him on the west coast of Panama. Settled in the San Joaquin valley to operate a farm. He later went into lumber business in Santa Cruz mountains along with brother, Stephen and Elijah Whitney.
James and Hannah lived in Wesley before sailing for California in 1850. They came on the steamer "Pacific", Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis, owned by the Vanderbilt interests, from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. Whether they were on another ship from Panama and changed in Nicaragua, or whether they crossed the Isthmus of Nicaragua, I do not know. The voyage took 13 days, including a stop at San Diego where unusual difficulty was met in finding enough coal of good quality to proceed. Cargo was miscellaneous merchandise. Passengers were several hundred, 20 ladies, 30 children, and the rest mainly single men bound for the mines. No one died on the passage and arrival was on Dec. 9, 1851. To cross Nicaragua could take 8 days, the last section being by boat across the large Lago de Nicaragua. Frealon walked, the rest rode mules or horses; Frealon could not afford one.
James and Hannah lived in Wesley before sailing for California in 1850. They came on the steamer "Pacific", Capt. Nathaniel Jarvis, owned by the Vanderbilt interests, from San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. Whether they were on another ship from Panama and changed in Nicaragua, or whether they crossed the Isthmus of Nicaragua, I do not know. The voyage took 13 days, including a stop at San Diego where unusual difficulty was met in finding enough coal of good quality to proceed. Cargo was miscellaneous merchandise. Passengers were several hundred, 20 ladies, 30 children, and the rest mainly single men bound for the mines. No one died on the passage and arrival was on Dec. 9, 1851. To cross Nicaragua could take 8 days, the last section being by boat across the large Lago de Nicaragua. Frealon walked, the rest rode mules or horses; Frealon could not afford one.
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