His son inherited his tastes. William G. Hearst died in 1846. bequeathing his farm to his son. but when the news of the rich discoveries of gold in California reached Missouri the young man resolved to try his fortune in the new Eldorado. He therefore settled up his affairs as favorably as possible. and in the spring of 1850 joined the army of emigrants then streaming westward. and earned a title of which he was always proudthat of pioneer. The true history of the Argonauts of the nineteenth century has to be written. No poet has yet arisen. to immortalize their achievements in verse.
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