H96.70.23

Plaque, plaster with raised portrait of Joaquin Miller and signed: "Gertrude Boyle 09". Bibliography: The Beginnings of Oakland, California A.U.C. by Peter Thomas Conmy; Oakland Public Library, 1961 Cincinnatus Heine Miller , known more popularly as Joaquin Miller was born on November 10, 1841 in Hendricks County, Indiana. At age fourteen he ran away from home and lived in mining camps and with Indians for three years. At age eighteen he entered Columbia College and developed a literary background. Almost immediately he won fame as a writer. In 1885 he moved to California and settled in the hills of Oakland, calling his place "The Hights". Here he pursued his literary interests. Joaquin Miller died on February 17, 1913.