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		2GETGold: CA Hotels near Disneyland Yosemite Lake Tahoe California ^Votes:0 California Travel Near CA Beaches, Tahoe, Yosemite Park, Disneyland Theme Park, San Francisco, Hollywood, and more... Add This Site To Your Favorites! body,td {font-family:verdana;font-size: 12px;} .Fbutton {color: #000066;font-size: 10px;border: none;cursor:hand;background:#BFE4FF;text-decoration:underline;} Find a Hotel In... City,State or Province California Hotels Popular: Anaheim CA Hotels Angels Camp CA Hotels Atascadero CA Hotels Auburn CA Hotels Avila Beach CA Hotels Bakersfield CA Hotels Beverly Hills CA Hotels Big Sur CA Hotels Burbank CA Hotels Cambria CA Hotels Carlsbad CA Hotels Carmel CA Hotels Catalina Island Hotels Cayucos CA Hotels Disneyland Hotels Eureka CA Hotels Fresno CA Hotels Garden Grove CA Hotels Gilroy CA Hotels Glendale CA Hotels Grass Valley CA Hotels Groveland Read More Go to Site

		Angels Camp - A History of Angels Camp ^Votes:0 Welcome to A History of Angels Camp Angels Camp Table of contents Angels Camp Entrance Getting Around Brief History Enjoy a photo Tour Christmas Business Directory Kindness Please tell the webguy about any problems that you encounter. The City of Angels, better known as Angels Camp, is located on scenic Golden Chain Highway 49 near Highway 4 east of Stockton, California. The history of Angels Camp is similar to that of many of California's Gold Rush towns. In 1848 Henry Angel, a shopkeeper from Rhode Island, opened a trading post after deciding this would be a more profitable use of his time than digging for gold, thus founding the town of Angels Camp. During the first few years, there were as many as 4,000 miners working the surface gold of Angels. This source played out quickly, but hard Read More Go to Site

		BODIE, California ^Votes:0 BODIE, California "Good-bye God, I'm going to Bodie." The Story The Pictures Location : 50 miles south of Lake Tahoe, in California, near Bridgeport and Highway 395 near the Nevada border. Telephone: 619-647-6445 (Bodie State Historic Park). History : Bodie was named after Waterman S. Body (also known as William S. Bodey) who discovered gold here in 1859. The change in spelling of the town's name has often been attributed to an illiterate sign painter, but was a deliberate change by the citizenry to insure proper pronunciation. The town of Bodie rose to prominence with the decline of mining along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Prospectors crossing the eastern slope in 1859 to "see the Elephant" - that is, to search for gold - discovered what was to be the Comst Read More Go to Site

		BookPage Nonfiction Review: Gold Rush ^Votes:0 Gold Rush A Literary Exploration Edited by Michael Kowalewski Heyday Books, $18.48 ISBN 0930588991 Buy or borrow this book! Support your local independent bookseller Find it in a WorldCat library Compare prices at major online bookstores Review by Ann M. Shayne It was half the size of a pea, a brass-colored pea that didn't really look like gold at all. But when James Marshall looked into a ditch at John Sutter's mill and discovered that oddly shining thing, what he saw was the reshaping of a country. The California gold rush of 1848 marked a watershed for the United States. It was spectacular -- fortunes were gained and lost, families were divided, and thousands upon thousands of immigrants made their way west in search of fortune and a new start. The lure of gold drew people west in a way Read More Go to Site

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		California Gold Rush ^Votes:0 Gold was discovered in California at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848. Learn how that discovery changed California as you explore the picture below. Move the cursor over the picture to find nuggets of information about the California gold rush . Click when the cursor becomes a hand. Read More Go to Site

		California Gold Rush ^Votes:0 This homepage was created for the students of Mrs. Atkinson-Adams Intro. to U.S. History class. Just like the people of the gold rush, these students have come to California from many different countries of the world, and are in their second year of English studies. The line drawings (taken from The Story of the California Gold Rush by Peter Copeland, Dover Pub.) have been colorized by these students as a part of this project. Before the Gold Rush Eureka! The Discovery The People Transportation Arriving in California Methods of Mining What to do with the Gold Home Sweet Home Boomtown Justice The End Bibliography Links to Other Sites e-mail sandy_atkinson-adams@nhusd.k12.ca.us created April 1997 Updated April 1998 Read More Go to Site

		California Gold Rush History ^Votes:0 PROUDLY PRESENTS Our California Gold Country Community EXPLORE FURTHER Becoming California, stories from California Gold Rush History Deer Creek School is located in Nevada City, California. Our community is nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains at 2,500 feet elevation. Our rural area is known for its beautiful environment and rich California gold rush history. Discover how the historical landmarks of our area weave a tapestry of gold rush history. Learn about the Native Americans who lived in Nevada County for thousands of years. Join early prospectors as they discovered gold along the streams and rivers in Nevada City and Grass Valley . Take a journey with pioneers who left Independence, Missouri in covered wagons and traveled to Nevada City in l850. Read about the only Read More Go to Site

		California Gold Rush, Geography, College Term Papers.com ^Votes:0 Data Bases Custom Term Papers Free Term Papers Free Research Papers Free Essays Free Book Reports Plagiarism? Links Top 100 Term Paper Sites Top 25 Essay Sites Top 50 Essay Sites Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays Term Paper Sites Chuck III's Free Essays Free College Essays TermPaperSites.com Net Essays My Term Papers Get Free Essays BigNerds Essay World Planet Papers Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Geography Bibliography: Word Count: Copyright © 2005 College Term Papers , INC All Rights Reserved. Read More Go to Site

		California's Natural Resources: A Brief History of the Gold Rush ^Votes:0 The California Gold Rush In January of 1848, James Marshall had a work crew camped on the American River at Coloma near Sacramento. The crew was building a saw mill for John Sutter. On the cold, clear morning of January 24, Marshall found a few tiny gold nuggets. Thus began one of the largest human migrations in history as a half-million people from around the world descended upon California in search of instant wealth. The first printed notice of the discovery was in the March 15 issue of "The Californian" in San Francisco. Shortly after Marshall's discovery, General John Bidwell discovered gold in the Feather River and Major Pearson B. Reading found gold in the Trinity River. The Gold Rush was soon in full sway. In 1849, quartz mining began at the Mariposa mine in Mariposa County. Gold d Read More Go to Site

		Cyberwest - 'Rush for Riches' chronicles first California gold rush ^Votes:0 EMAIL THIS PAGE WRITE THE EDITOR SEARCH 'Rush for Riches' chronicles first California gold rush November 30, 1999 W ith the financial miracles in Silicon Valley producing 30-something millionaires by the boatload, a modern-day "gold rush" is occurring in California. Somewhat forgotten in the '90s rush to the bank is the original California Gold Rush, which 150 years ago offered the ambitious great wealth and set the stage for the economic growth of California. Some, however, refuse to ignore the past. Working from his tranquil studio in Carmel, Calif., J.S. Holliday, a 75-year-oldauthor and former executive director of both the Oakland Museum ofCalifornia and the California Historical Society, chooses to nurture hiscreations using an electric typewriter, typing and retyping and typinga Read More Go to Site

		Discovery of Gold, by John A. Sutter - 1848 ^Votes:0 search index by subject by year biographies books SF Activities shop museum contact -- Select a Major Online Exhibit -- 1849 California Gold Rush History of the San Francisco Fire Department Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 Who Perished List of Dead from the 1906 Earthquake 1906 Earthquake Photographs San Franciscans Survive Titanic Sinking Construction of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges 1989 San Francisco Earthquake San Franciscos Response to the Oakland Firestorm Chronology of San Francisco World War II Events Chronology of San Francisco Rock 1965-1969 Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop --> 14 Lithographic Views of the California Gold Rush 1850-1857 in PowerPoint (900 Kb) Capt. Sutter tells of the Gold Discovery - 1854 Excerpts of John Sutter's Read More Go to Site

		Dutch Flat History ^Votes:0 Once the largest town in Placer County, Dutch Flat is now a peaceful village, with Victorian houses nestled amidst the tall pines. It has a richly brocaded history, only faintly suggested by the rugged old stone store on Main street, or the tall spire o f its Methodist church. In fact, the deeds done in Dutch Flat in days gone by were highly significant to the development of the United States generally, and California in particular: for it was here that the old dream of a railroad linking Atlantic to P acific was finally nurtured into reality; and it was a wagon road from Dutch Flat to Virginia City that blazed the trail across the Sierra followed today by mighty Interstate Highway 80. The geology of Placer county is a crucial part of the story. The slate, serpentine, and granite bedrock o Read More Go to Site

		GABBF-The California Gold Rush Band ^Votes:0 T he California Gold Rush Band The California Gold Rush Band always brings some new music to Danville. In the past, the band brought along a special arrangement of ``My Old Kentucky Home'' that was performed by The Advocate Brass Band. On another occasion, the band presented a specially commissioned march, ``The Kentucky Gold Rush.'' This year, the band will perform the 20th century Kentucky premiere of an 1830s piece called ``Maysville March.'' The piece has been lost for 150 years. Stephen Charpie, E-flat cornetist with the band, has reconstructed the march. The march was written by Henry H. Williams, a black band leader in Louisville in the mid-1800s. Williams' band had both free and slave blacks and when the band was asked to perform in Cincinnati, the slave blacks in the band attempte Read More Go to Site

		Gold Rush Sesquicentennial ^Votes:0 Sorry, your browser does not support frames. Back to sacbee homepage. Read More Go to Site

		Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories, Oakland Museum of California. ^Votes:0 O n January 24, 1848 James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, touching off the California gold rush. On the 150th anniversary of Marshall's discovery, the Oakland Museum of California unveiled a series of exhibitions titled Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories. They are now closed at the Oakland Museum. To find where the shows are currently on display see: Get Involved . Problems? Questions? Contact the Webmaster. This web site made possible by the support of Kaiser Permanente. Copyright ?1998, Oakland Museum of California . All rights reserved. Read More Go to Site

		Historical Gazette:Oregon Trail 1849 ^Votes:0 Historical Gazette, VolumeTwo Number Two Gold Seekers Rush to California Oregon Trail 1849 MINERS DIG OUT GOLD NUGGETS Supplies Fetch High Prices On the Middle Yuba River, one miner took out 30 pounds of gold in less than a month from a claim only four feet square. Another miner dug up $26,000 worth of ore from his claim on the Stanislaus before it ran dry. At the camp of Volcano, miners found as much as $500 in a single panful of gravel. At Durgan's Flat, near Downieville, four men dug out $12,900 in 11 days from their claim, 60 feet square; in six months it produced $80,000. Tin Cup Diggings, near Downieville, was so named because three men who mined there made it a rule always to fill a tin cup with gold each day before quitting. Just up the river from Downieville a nugget weighing 25 p Read More Go to Site

		Land of Golden Dreams ^Votes:0 T H E H U N T I N G T O N LIBRARY, ART COLLECTIONS, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS "Boys, I believe I have found a gold mine!" With these simple words, James W. Marshall set the California Gold Rush in motiona chain of events that would shape California and the American West. This Web presentation of the Huntington Library's remarkable collection of Gold Rush manuscripts, drawings, and rare printed materials allows the people involved to tell you their own true stories and bring this unique event to life. Begin the adventure! The Land of Golden Dreams exhibition was created by the Huntington Library and will be on view from September 28, 1999, through September 10, 2000. This Web presentation has been made possible by a grant through the California State Library from the Institute o Read More Go to Site

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		San Jose Mercury News - Home ^Votes:0 Print Services: Subscribe Home Delivery Newsletters Mobile Edition RSS Search home news business tech sports entertainment life & style opinion my city help jobs cars real estate classifieds shopping place an ad Get weather for: San Jose, California Now: 47°F High: 55°F Low: 37°F 5-day forecast --> breaking news obituaries crime health / science politics nation / world special reports education traffic weather weird news corrections real estate green energy special reports financial markets personal finance venture capital drive / automotive press releases news opinion sectors companies personal tech 49ers raiders giants a's sharks warriors high schools colleges golf sabercats snow reports other sports scores / stats celebrities restaurants movies television music horoscopes comics events Read More Go to Site

		The California Gold Rush ^Votes:0 The Gold Rushes of North America (1847-1900) continued A Calliope Fact Sheet Copyright Calliope Film Resources, Inc. Part II. California The Sunday before departing Boston harbor for San Francisco on the Edward Everett, the 150 men who would be on board attended a special service at which they heard the Reverend Mr. Kirk admonish them, "You are going to a strange country. Take the Bible in one hand and your New England civilization in the other and make your mark on the people and the country." "Manifest destiny" was a freshly minted catchword at the time, having been coined in 1845 in the New York Morning News. To any American at the end of the 1840s, it could only mean a place called California -- a vast territory recently wrested from Mexican possession, largely unex Read More Go to Site

		The California Gold Rush ^Votes:0 The California Gold Rush Migration of People, Culture, and Ideas By Heidi Bowerman & Suzanne Jenkins History Day Computer Technology Demonstration Project [4th Grade] The Gold Rush occurred in 1849, although the first gold flake was discovered by James Marshall in 1848 at Sutter's Mill in Sacramento, California. Marshall then took the flakes to the cook to do tests on, and when the flakes were proven to be real, they were then presented to John Sutter. Instead of being pleased, Sutter was upset, and forbad Marshall to tell anyone. Despite the order, the word spread of easy riches, and that is the way gold fever was spread. The population of California increased from 15,000 to 250,000 in just four years, between 1848 and 1852, as the "49'ers" came for the gold! As stated in the Sa Read More Go to Site

		The California Gold Rush ^Votes:0 The California Gold Rush (1848 to 1859) The Gold Rush was one of the most significant events in California history. It brought people from all over the United States and the world in search for gold. Enter your search terms Submit search form Web www.kidport.com Other related pages: History of the United States Timeline Books on the California Gold Rush Books on American History The Gold Rush: Events of the California Gold Rush How it Started? The Rush for Gold! The Overland Trail Coming by Sea Mining for Gold Life of a 49er Foreign Miners Law and Order After the Gold Rush Books about the California Gold Rush Links to other sites on the California Gold Rush Events of the California Gold Rush Top of Page James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's sawmill Gold Rush starts to attract people fr Read More Go to Site

		The California Gold Rush of 1849 ^Votes:0 The California Gold Rush of 1849 Important People John A. Sutter Effect of the Gold Rush The Event and Process Read More Go to Site

		The California Gold Rush, California (History) ^Votes:0 --> --> USA > California The California Gold Rush California has barely entered the United States as a territory when James Marshall, a carpenter working for John Sutter , discovered gold in the American River at the site of Sutter's new sawmill at Coloma in 1848. When word got out, a rush of fortune seekers, known collectively as 49ers, descended on California. Within a few years, the California Gold Country was alive with boomtowns. Sacramento thrived as a distribution and commercial center and San Francisco boomed as the main port for the Pacific. By 1850, the population had swelled to such a degree that California was admitted to the union as a state. The most productive strikes were played out within a few years, and although gold production continued, the excitement moved to other Read More Go to Site

		The Gold Rush ^Votes:0 Whether you home school, teach elementary school, or just enjoy history "The Gold Rush" is designed for you. Welcome to your comprehensive guide to the epic quest for gold. All about the gold rush A complete compendium on the great quest for gold Fun facts Amazing. Weird. Gross. Just for kids. The PBS program About the "The Gold Rush" (Now on DVD) Teacher resources Activity ideas, test questions, related links, and more. Copyright © 2002 Boettcher/Trinklein Inc. Written and designed by Michael J Trinklein . Images by Steve Boettcher. Read More Go to Site

		The Gold Rush Chronicles ^Votes:0 Contents Here before you, in a leather-bound book on an old wooden table, is a history of the great California Gold Rush. Discover the colorful stories that lie unfurled on these pages. Unlock a taste of that famous era. Learn how the Gold Rush affected the world not so long ago. We invite you to turn up the lamp, adjust your spectacles, and step back in time to the 19th century . . . . "Gold is tried by a touchstone, men by gold." Chilon (c. 560 BC) GoldRushChronicles.com is being prepared for your enjoyment by the staff at ComSpark beginning this day, April 3, 1998, the 138th Anniversary of the First Pony Express Ride. Open Copyright ©1998-2003 ComSpark . All rights reserved. Keeper of the Book Read More Go to Site

		The Gold Rush of California ^Votes:0 The Gold Rush of California: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles by Robert LeRoy Santos California State University, Stanislaus Librarian University Archivist blsantos@csustan.edu REVISED EDITION 2002 Alley-Cass Publications 2240 Nordic Way Turlock, CA 95382 for California State University, Stanislaus Library/University Archive Turlock, CA Preface While beginning research on the California Gold Rush for the sesquicentennial, much to my surprise I could not locate a bibliography of any kind that listed periodical articles. Seeing this unfortunate oversight, I set out to compile one of my own and disseminate it to libraries, historical societies, and interested researchers. I have done very lengthy bibliographies in the past and know the rigors of the effort; thus, I was not anxious to beg Read More Go to Site

		The Land of Glittering Dreams - California Gold Rush ^Votes:0 Fine art photographs of the California Mother Lode and Northern Mines with historical nuggets on the California Gold Rush. Featured Image Swerer’s Store, Tuttletown Gallery For your enjoyment we recommend that you begin with the Gallery section. Letters A first person historical perspective of the California gold rush can be found in the Letters section. Events Holiday Open House at Empire Mine - Grass Valley - Nov. 23 & 24. Book Store History and travel titles about the Gold Rush and the West. Images from “The Land of Glittering Dreams”, the fabled gold rush country of early California, present the work of George and Jo Ann Aiello , a devoted husband and wife photographic team, who have spent many years catching the elusive moods and vanishing landscapes of the Mother Lo Read More Go to Site

		The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Ships, Captains, Immigrants, Passengers, News, Ports ^Votes:0 1849 &#149 1850 &#149 1851 &#149 1852 &#149 1853 &#149 1854 &#149 1860s &#149 1870s This section lists vessels from the Alta California?s Marine Journal as being in the Port of San Francisco during the City?s formative years. These are not the ocean-going steamers, which is the focus of this site, but are Clippers, Barques, Brig's, etc. They were generally not designed to carry any passengers, but are the vessels that carried exotic and practical goods and food from around the world to supply a rapidly growing California. As said earlier in these pages, absolutely anything could be had in San Francisco during its formative years. If one had sufficient gold, there was no lack of creature comforts. These ships usually had a few passengers, but names were not always printed and many traveled Read More Go to Site

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		Vocabulary.com - Vocabulary from the California "Gold Rush" and puzzles ^Votes:0 Back-to-School Vocabulary University® feature = California Gold Rush Sesquicentennial : "Hi, I'm Sam Mantics, Dean of Admissions & Directions at Vocabulary University." Type in your 12 answers (6 in each puzzle) to the RootyHootHoot&reg brand puzzles in the boxes below the text puzzle description. When you click on "correct answers & sentences" link at the bottom of this page, you will get immediate feedback with both the correct answers and the use of the words in context . Each blank answer box also has a pull down menu with the correct answer to that question directly to the right of the box. Click Directions for more detailed instructions. Puzzle #1 RootyHootHoot&reg - Puzzle #1 "text" where you have to determine a synonym AND antonym for each feature word : Answer 1:--7 letter ver Read More Go to Site

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		Welcome to Dogtown, Home of the 54 Pound Dogtown Nugget ^Votes:0 Formerly known as the Dogtown Territorial Quarterly California History At Its Very Best Welcome to Dogtown, Butte County, California, U.S.A Located in northern California, Dogtown was established as a gold mining camp shortly after the 1849 California gold rush on a ridge overlooking the West Branch of the Feather River Canyon. One of the earliest known written accounts describing Dogtown was the made after the journey of Robert Stuart and his two sons, Granville and James, who left Iowa in 1852 to seek their fortunes in the California gold fields. After arriving in California they traversed the American Valley continuing on through Bidwell's Bar in Butte County; then on through Morris Ravine near Cherokee; finally arriving at Sam Neal's rancho near present day Durham, California. Granvill Read More Go to Site

		Women in the Gold Rush ^Votes:0 Women in the Gold Rush, Women, Gold Rush, California Gold Rush, California, History, JoAnn Levy Women in the Gold Rush Welcome to the Home Page of the women who "saw the elephant" -- the women of the California Gold Rush. Woman at Auburn Ravine. Photo courtesy California State Library This page is sponsored by award-winning author and recognized authority on women in the gold rush, JoAnn Levy , whose book, They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush , was praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as "one of the best and most comprehensive accounts of gold rush life to date." Daughter of Joy, A Novel of Gold Rush San Francisco , inspired by the Chinese prostitute Ah Toy, won the 1999 WILLA award for Best Historical Fiction. A second novel, For California's Gold Read More Go to Site

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