Trip to Salmon, A

DESCRIPTION: "I looked to the North and I looked to the South, And I saw the Californians a-coming," heading for the Salmon. It's a hard road to reach the river, and they have many troubles on the way from California to Idaho
AUTHOR: Max Irwin (source: Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
EARLIEST DATE: 1862 (Los Angeles Times quoting the Portland [Oregon] Times, according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: gold mining travel derivative
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1850 - Discovery of gold by the Salmon River in Idaho causes a small gold rush, mostly by Californians disappointed with what they found in that state
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 118-119, "A Trip to Salmon" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Jordan Am a Hard Road to Travel" (tune) and references there
File: LDC118

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