Here is the second in a Series from Jeff Smith on Pioneers of Palomar:
Rattler Man
Joseph Beresford, son of a British Lord, fell in love with the gardener’s daughter. His father, whose lineage went back to James I, gave him an ultimatum: marry beneath your rank and lose your inheritance. Joseph chose love. His father not only disowned him, he gave Joseph a small sum of money and banished him from England forever.
As they sailed to America in the late 1860s, Joseph assured his bride he’d strike gold in California. They would return in such high style that all the Beresfords — including a nephew who became Lord Mayor of London — would embrace them.
Click to keep reading of how the Beresfords came to Palomar and about the Frazier Sisters:
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