The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . one day. I select from the Examiners account of our arrival : — Yesterday the Palace Hotel was given over to gray-bearded gentlemen with bald arrived in the city about mid-day, and all wore blue silk badges trimmed with goldfringe, on which were printed in long figures 49, and the words New England Society ofCalifornia Pioneers. When the special train, which brought them from Sacramento, arrivedat Porta Costa, it was invaded by forty-nine other gray-bearded old gentlemen, who came t
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . one day. I select from the Examiners account of our arrival : — Yesterday the Palace Hotel was given over to gray-bearded gentlemen with bald arrived in the city about mid-day, and all wore blue silk badges trimmed with goldfringe, on which were printed in long figures 49, and the words New England Society ofCalifornia Pioneers. When the special train, which brought them from Sacramento, arrivedat Porta Costa, it was invaded by forty-nine other gray-bearded old gentlemen, who came toCalifornia in early days and stayed here, but who were awfully anxious to shake the hands ofthe 150 pioneers who came but didnt stay. When they reached the Oakland mole a brass band and a couple of hundred more grizzled49ers were sighted. The two phalanxes of pioneers made a wild rush at each other, and thea AERIVAL AT SAX FRAXCISCO. 115 they cheered. The band played Annie Laurie and The Days of 49, and if the old boyscould have had their way the band would be playing yet. > (AC r>•zc. As the band, with the procession of carriages behind it, proceeded along Market street tothe Palace Hotel, many heads were thrust out of windows, and, while their owners eyes took 116 PIOJ^EERS OF 49. in the long row of business houses and the bustle going on around them, came the remark : Great Scott! And, to think, when I was here before you couldnt trade ten acres of thesesand dunes for a mule and a chew of tobacco. One-old gentleman looked a little glum all the way to the hotel, but he brightened upbefore he had been there five minutes. He button-holed a local pioneer, and confided to himthe cause of his changed mood. Its the only place Ive struck that seems like old times, said he. They charge aquarter for drinks here; although thats only half what it used to be. Let me see, said William H. Thomes, president of the New Englanders ; it was on March4, 1843, that I first entered Fris
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