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| | Born in New York in 1815. Formerly of Illinois, Edgerton came across the Oregon Trail with the Gold Rush in 1850. By 1852 he was panning for gold in El Dorado County. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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