Alonzo Delano (July 2, 1806 - September 8, 1874), 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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2 July 1806 Aurora, New York U.S.
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8 September 1874 (aged 68) Grass Valley, California, U.S.
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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