Alonzo Delano

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1806 – 1874

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Who was Alonzo Delano?

Alonzo Delano, who went by the pen name "Old Block", was an American humorist, pioneer town city father, and a California Gold Rush Forty-niner. Delano's sketches of gold rush camp life rivaled Bret Harte and Mark Twain in popularity.

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Born
Jul 2, 1806
Aurora
Died
Sep 8, 1874
Grass Valley

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on July 23, 2013

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