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Calbreath
Calbreath, born in New York in 1862, had left home in 1849 for the California goldfields. He married Carolyn Smith, and had a son named James in 1857 in LaGrange, California. After the baby's birth, the young couple departed for the Cariboo to run a boarding house, and farm at Soda Creek. Callbreath advanced William Francis Laumeister the cash to purchase 23 camels from the United States army for $300 per animal. This little venture also included Adam Heffley and Henry Ingram. 
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