Sketches From The Life of Peg-Leg Smith

In 1855, Englishman James Mason Hutchings contrived the idea of publishing a magazine to popularize California, which he called Hutchings’ Illustrated California. The enterprising carpenter, gold miner, publisher and promoter introduced the magazine to attract immigrants, as well as to make money. Thomas Almond
Ayres, a California Gold Rush-era artist, most famous for drawing the first rendering of Yosemite Valley, was hired. The monthly magazine was published in San Francisco from July 1856...