| 词条 | Elias D. Pierce |
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Elias Davidson Pierce (1824{{mdash}}1897) was one of the key figures in the gold rush in 1860 to Idaho. Pierce was a native of Harrison County, (West) Virginia.[1] In 1844 he purchased land in Indiana and relocated to Hartford City, where he studied law for a time before enlisting as a volunteer during the Mexican War.[2][3] After serving 8 months in Mexico, primarily on guard duty, he returned to Indiana, near death from dysentery, and was discharged in July 1848.[1] In 1849, he went overland to California as part of the gold rush. In 1852 Pierce served in the California House of Representatives. Pierce, Idaho is named for Pierce.[4]Notes1. ^1 1848 Mexican War discharge paper for Elias D. Pierce. National Archives Bounty Land file #52221. 2. ^Deed from Elliott and Elizabeth Nixon to Elias D. Pierce, transcribed in "John Doe on demise of Elias D. Pierce v. Sweetser" Indiana Supreme Court 1850. Indiana State Archives. 3. ^{{Cite book|title=Elias Davidson Pierce, Discoverer of Gold in Idaho: A Biographical Study|last=Burcham|first=Ralph, Jr.|publisher=Unpublished thesis|year=1950|isbn=|location=University of Idaho Graduate School, Moscow, Idaho|pages=8}} 4. ^{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof00bros/page/90|title=History of the State of Idaho|last=Brosnan|first=C. J.|publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons|year=1918|isbn=|location=New York, Chicago, Boston|pages=90}} References
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