David K
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1847 Illustrations: Baja Bamboo House
An Englishman, William Redmond Ryan (1791-1855) enlisted in an American regiment bound for California and sailed round the Horn in 1847.
Personal adventures in Upper and Lower California (1850), vol. 1, describes that voyage to California as well as military life during the Mexican War
in Monterey, La Paz, and San Jose (lower California). The first volume closes with Ryan's description of the peacetime rush to the gold mines and his
own journey from Monterey to the San Joaquin Valley to the Stanislaus Mine.
Vol. 2, continues his story with a chronicle of daily life at the Stanislaus Mine; his career as a trader; travels through Stockton, Monterey, and
Sacramento; life in San Francisco, 1849; the Constitutional Convention; and return voyage via Panama, 1849.
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Baja Watering Place
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Where in Baja David ? Drawings are cool !
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I don't have that book... but parts of it are online... I was searching for mission photos/ images online and happened across these. No captions under
the drawings...
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Bamboo house?
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaRat
Where in Baja David ? Drawings are cool ! |
Maybe JR's old place? San Bartolo? Geeze, I miss the postings.
The bamboo seemed like a great project... did anyone ever pick it up and pursue?
Neil
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| Quote: | Originally posted by neilm81301
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaRat
Where in Baja David ? Drawings are cool ! |
Maybe JR's old place? San Bartolo? Geeze, I miss the postings.
The bamboo seemed like a great project... did anyone ever pick it up and pursue?
Neil |
Good question... 
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Pretty romanticized and unrealistic drawings, I would say. Tall, indigenous women wearing all those shawls and such.
Cool...but unreal.
Thanks, David.
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my 2 cents
Could be up in La Purisima, Los Comondus.
Why?
Those natural mountain oasis are easily accessed from the west coast. Makes sense that an expedition would stop there for provisions such as wild meat
and the unique fruits and vegetables that have historically been cultivated up there. Additionally, and very importantly, there is an abundant source
of fresh water.
The homes there were traditionally made of cariso, the type of bamboo that grows along the shores of the rivers and at the mouths of the fonts where
spring water emerges from underground aquifers. Most homes up there are still being made of the "bamboo" as its suitable for the local climate.
Additionally, the peoples who come from there are often very tall and sometimes strikingly of fair complexion. Within a single family there may be
offspring with blond hair and blue eyes alongside dark, swarthy siblings. My mother-in-law knew that her grandfather was an Englishman named John
Cunningham!
Edited to ask DavidK the name of the illustrator. It's clearly written but too small for me to see. This is probably significant.
[Edited on 11-8-2013 by Mulegena]
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This is good stuff David.
A woodcut?
Gracias . . .
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David,
Does the name John S. Harbison appear in the index of your references?
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mulegena
Could be up in La Purisima, Los Comondus.
Why?
Those natural mountain oasis are easily accessed from the west coast. Makes sense that an expedition would stop there for provisions such as wild meat
and the unique fruits and vegetables that have historically been cultivated up there. Additionally, and very importantly, there is an abundant source
of fresh water.
The homes there were traditionally made of cariso, the type of bamboo that grows along the shores of the rivers and at the mouths of the fonts where
spring water emerges from underground aquifers. Most homes up there are still being made of the "bamboo" as its suitable for the local climate.
Additionally, the peoples who come from there are often very tall and sometimes strikingly of fair complexion. Within a single family there may be
offspring with blond hair and blue eyes alongside dark, swarthy siblings. My mother-in-law knew that her grandfather was an Englishman named John
Cunningham!
Edited to ask DavidK the name of the illustrator. It's clearly written but too small for me to see. This is probably significant.
[Edited on 11-8-2013 by Mulegena] |
The entire book is online to see: Here is the end of the book with a description of Lower California: https://archive.org/stream/personaladventur01ryan#page/338/m...
I went through it and saw La Paz, San Antonio, Todos Santos and San Jose (del Cabo) mentioned...
Here are some images from the book, at the above link:
San Jose del Cabo (note the U.S. Flag)
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajacalifornian
David,
Does the name John S. Harbison appear in the index of your references? |
As a California beekeeper in the 1850's: http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/69fall/harbison.htm
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