The California Gold Rush
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The California Gold Rush
By Linda ThompsonPresents a short history on the California gold rush of the mid-1800s and discusses the discovery of gold in the Sierra Nevada foothills in 1848 and the expansion of the state that resulted from it.
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The California Gold Rush: Stories in American History
By Linda Jacobs AltmanAn informal “ miner's code ” served as a guide to the rights and responsibilities of the individual . Beyond that , it was vigilante justice , with barbaric punishments even for relatively minor crimes .
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The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure
By Elizabeth Raum"YOU are a New Englander with a bad case of gold fever. Gold has been discovered in California, and you want to go claim some for yourself. Will you strike it rich?"
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The California Gold Rush
By John Walton CaugheyOn the morning of January 24 , as was his custom , Marshall walked down to inspect the tailrace . Well down it , about 200 feet from the mill , he chanced to see a glittering particle lodged on the bedrock of the channel .
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The California Gold Rush
By Dennis B. FradinDennis B. Fradin. Marshall Cavendish Benchmark 99 White ... Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Fradin , Dennis B. The California Gold Rush / by Dennis Brindell Fradin . p . cm . — ( Turning points in U.S. history ) ...
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The California Gold Rush: A Brief History with Documents
By Andrew C. IsenbergThe story of the California Gold Rush is one of unanticipated, rapid, and momentous change.
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The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure
By Elizabeth Raum"Describes the events of the nineteenth century California gold rush. Reader's choices reveal historical details of how miners traveled, how they looked for gold, and their impact on California's history"--Provided by publisher.
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The California Gold Rush: The Stampede that Changed the World
By Mark A. EiflerIn this text, Mark Eifler examines the experiences of the miners, demonstrates how the gold rush affected the United States, and traces the development of California and the American West in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure
By Elizabeth RaumYOU are a New Englander with a bad case of gold fever. Gold has been discovered in California, and you want to go claim some for yourself. Will you strike it rich?
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The California Gold Rush: The Stampede that Changed the World
By Mark A. EiflerColorado, the conditions of the rush allowed for the rise of a powerful new city at the center of regional transportation and power: Denver. These mining rushes disrupted the lives of Native peoples throughout the West, but the tension ...
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The California Gold Rush: West with the Forty-Niners
By Elizabeth Van SteenwykDescribes the 1849 California Gold Rush and life for the miners during and after the gold rush.
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The California Gold Rush: The History and Legacy of the Forty-niners and America's Golden Dream
By Charles River EditorsThis book comprehensively covers the history and legacy of the gold rush that took place from 1848-1855, analyzing how it affected the participants and the nation at large.
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The California Gold Rush
By Kate ShoupWhen word got out, gold fever set in, drawing hundreds of thousands of pioneers to the state hoping to strike it rich. Discover the circumstances and effects of this event in The California Gold Rush.
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The California Gold Rush
By Mel FriedmanDiscusses the California Gold Rush in American history, including the first discovery of gold, the 49ers, and how the gold rush changed the landscape of America.
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The California Gold Rush
By May McNeerTraces the history of the gold rush in California including anecdotes about legendary characters and fabulous "strikes" of the mining camps.
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The California Gold Rush
By Peter BenoitDiscusses the events surrounding the nineteenth-century gold rush in California, the lifestyle of miners, and the phenomena of boom towns and ghost towns.
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The California Gold Rush
By Jean F. BlashfieldDescribes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.
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The California Gold Rush: An Interactive History Adventure
By Elizabeth Raum"Describes the events of the nineteenth century California gold rush. Reader's choices reveal historical details of how miners traveled, how they looked for gold, and their impact on California's history"--Provided by publisher.
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The California Gold Rush
By Judy MonroeFollows the development of the gold rush in California starting in the 1840s, examining its effects on the economic, social, and political development of the area from early times through statehood and into the modern day.
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The California Gold Rush
By Michael V. Uschan, Elizabeth Hudson GoffDepicts frontier life in California during the mid-nineteenth-century Gold Rush, and provides a brief history of the state.