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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Guide to Crossing the plains in 1853 and prospecting for placer gold in the great Northwest<date calendar="gregorian" era="ce" normal="1894/1921" type="inclusive"/></titleproper>
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      <abstract encodinganalog="5203_">Personal Experiences of Edwin Crockett, written in 1894. Includes a preface by the editor, Wallace, Idaho, May 21, 1921.</abstract>
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      <p>Daniel Wallace Greenburg was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1876. He moved to Lewiston, Idaho where his father operated a mercantile business for eight years before moving the family to Spokane, Washington. Greenburg was the State Grain Commissioner, among other employment opportunites such as working for newspapers and in mining.</p>
      <p>Edwin Crockett was born in Maine in 1829 and moved to Ohio at an early age. After the Civil War, Crockett moved to Coeur d'Alene. </p>
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      <p>Manuscript titled "Crossing the PLains in 1853 and Prospecting for Placer Gold in the Great Northwest: Personal Experiences of Edwin Crockett, written in 1894." Includes a preface by the editor, Wallace, Idaho, May 21, 1921. Presented by Harry Marsh.</p>
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