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Thread #11353 Message #4222782
Posted By: r.padgett
18-May-25 - 07:37 AM
Thread Name: I give up. What's a HOGEYE?
Subject: RE: I give up. What's a HOGEYE?
Sea songs and Shanties collected by W.B Whall 1910 and 1912 has Hogeye man says the shanty dates from 1849 to 185o
The transportation of Gold from California by land was difficult as no railway across the land ~ so sea transportation led to barges called hog eyes (full of gold) or earth bearing gold