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Miller was born in Indian. In 1852 he arrived in Oregon with his family in a coverd wagon. for some time he lived with the digger Indians. Once he was jailed as a horse thief. He read law, but probably never practised. Miller tried mining and newspaper editing, then joined the lieterary colonly in San Francisco in 1870. In the meantime, he head published two books of verse. In 1871 he arrived in England, where his verse was praised. He was a newspaper correspondent in the Klondike, 1897-1898. In his later years he lived in Oakland, California. His collected poems appeared in 1893. His "Columbus" is iin many anthologies. Source: New Standard Encyclopedia |
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 Isaac V. Mossman's notes on Joaquin: "Miller and I were together until the spring of 1862, when he decied to quit business to go to Port Orford, Oregon, and he married. He was to marry a lady knowan as Minnie Myrtle, but whose correct name was Minnie Dyer. So I paid him $600 over and above his profits, and presented him with a fine horse, saddled and bridled. He went to Portland and from there to Port Orford, where he was married. I wish to say here, in justice to myself, that in all Joaquin Miller's writings he has never mentioned my name in connection with the express business, but has always taken credit to himself of doing it all. In his writings he calls Florence, Idaho, Milleysbury, but no one of the old cradle-rockers of that day will recocognize the place by that name, and all of the old-timers at Walla Walla and Lewiston know who was the pioneer expressman in that country." Source: A Pony Expressman's Recollections by Isaac V. Mossman © 1955 by Champoeg Press |
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