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Title |
Thoen Stone, Reverse Side |
Description |
The Thoen Stone in its display case at the Adams Museum. The two-sided tablet tells the story of Ezra Kind, member of an earlier mining party. On one side of the stone tablet, Kind wrote: "Came to these hills in 1833 seven of us, De Lacompt, Ezra Kind, G.W. Wood, T.Brown, R. Kent, Wm. King, Indian Crow all ded but me Ezra Kind, killed by Ind beyond the high hill got our gold June 1834." On the reverse (the side featured in photo): "Got all the gold we could carry our ponys all got by the Indians I hav lost my gun and nothing to eat and Indians hunting me." |
Collection |
Adams Museum Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Catalog Number |
0070.819.001a |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
Search Terms |
Adams Museum Adams Museum Artifacts Thoen Stone |