Sarah Hinton Gourley, surrounded by childhood friends on her 70th birthday. Top row from the left: Louisa (Anthony) Huntington (Sarah Gourley's first cousin, whose father was Elihu Anthony)
Sarah Hinton Gourley was born near Fort Wayne, Indiana on May 27, 1849. When she was seven years old, her family decided to join her uncle, Elihu Anthony, in California. They travelled to New York, took a steamer to Central America, crossed the…