Includes Carr's overland adventures from Peoria, IL, to Hangtown, CA, via Forts Leavenworth, Laramie, Bridger, and Salt Lake City, as well as his experiences in the northern mines, with good accounts of Weaverville and the Chinese War of 1854. He also provides valuable biographical sketches of a number of pioneers in Humboldt and Trinity Counties. A blacksmith by trade, Carr returned to his previous profession and set up shop in that capacity in Weaverville. Kurutz notes that several bibliographers "regard Carr's lengthy recollections as one of the most important accounts of mining in the Trinity County region." Carr was also an important figure in Arizona history, having served as mayor of Tombstone for two terms after defeating John Clum in 1882. It was he who issued a proclamation to the citizens of Tombstone in January, 1882, stating that Wyatt Earp had left with a posse to round up various outlaws, and that he was not to be interfered with. Cowan p.106; Graff 590; Howes C167; Kurutz 118a; Mintz 78; Rocq 2065; Streeter 310; Wheat Gold Rush 35.