This memoir details the hardships and thrilling encounters of Robert Mason Clark, along with other men of Marion County, Missouri, during the California gold rush of 1850-1852. Compiled and edited by the wife of one of Clark's great-grandsons.
Misssourian Robert Mason Clark was twenty-one when he left the lush prairies and bluffs of Marion County and its biggest city, Palmyra. Along with six other Northeast Missouri men--his brother Sam, Bill Anderson, Frank See, Mike Heckard, Carson Gatewood and Henley Maddox--Bob Clark sought adventure by crossing the plains of North America to find gold in California. He returned by the Pacific Ocean route through Nicaragua, the Gulf of Mexico, and up the Mississippi River.
This is an account of the hardships, delights, discoveries and thrilling encounters during Robert Clark's gold rush journeys of April 1850 through January 1852, when upon reaching Saint Louis, he successfully returned home by horseback to the family farm in Marion County, Missouri.
Supplementary information is provided by Marsha K. Clark, editor of this memoir and the wife of one of Robert Mason Clark's great-grandsons.
Marsha Clark enjoys studying history. She resides with her husband James Clark, the great-grandson of Robert Mason Clark. Learning about the challenges and successes of crossing the country to find gold inspired her to resurrect Bob Clark's memoir, giving it new life and binding so that others might marvel and learn from his and others' adventures. A former teacher with a master degree in business, Marsha also has held a variety of leadership roles for not-for-profit organizations, and enjoys performing with music ensembles for recreation as well as hiking and bicycling.
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