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Home / Society / History / By Region / North America / United States / West / Gold Rushes / California
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- 2 Get California Gold Country - Gold rush history, gold country travel information, and modern gold panning techniques.
2getgold.com/folklore/index.htm
- A Brief History of the Gold Rush - The California Gold Rush, from the State of California's CERES.
ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
- Adventures of Wells Fargo - All That Glitters - Besides the history of the goldrush, learn about the selling and purchasing of gold dust and, in particular, the Wells Fargo's method of determining a fair price.
wellsfargo.com/about/stories/ch12
- By the Great Horn Spoon! - Explore the gold rush through this Newberry Award winning book. Developed by teachers, this site meets California's fourth grade curriculum and is designed for use in the classroom.
library.advanced.org/50048
- California National Historical Trail Wagon Train - Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the 49ers gold rush. Wagon train started in St. Joseph, MO. on April 26, 1999 and arrived in Sacramento, CA on September 2, 1999.
www.californiawagontrail.com
- Discovery of Gold - John A. Sutter tells about the events leading to the discovery and its effects on his plans for building an empire by supporting the needs of a growing state.
www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html
- Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories - This site preserves and supplements four major exhibitions celebrating the gold rush sesquicentennial, at the Oakland Museum of California.
www.museumca.org/goldrush
- Goldfields of California - Excerpts from the autobiography of Captain Benjamin Franklin Pond who set off at the age of 29 to seek a fortune during the California Gold Rush of 1849.
www.ballarat.edu.au/external/sovhill/gold150/caligold.htm
- In Their Own Words and Images - A small collection of letters and photographs from the California Gold Rush.
www.glittering.com/letters
- James Marshall - California's Gold Discoverer - Read about his gold discovery and what happened to him afterwards.
www.thehistorynet.com/WildWest/articles/1997/1297_text.htm
- Land of Golden Dreams - Online version of the Huntington Library's exhibition of the original manuscripts, drawings, letters, paintings, books, and diaries from the California gold rush decade, 1848-1858.
www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush
- The Gold Rush Diary of George Bonniwell - Use your mind's eye to visualize the tough journey made by George Bonniwell from his home in Milwaukee to the gold fields of California as you read his diary.
www.emigrantroad.com/gold01.html
- The Great American Gold Rush - Timeline of the California Gold Rush.
www.acusd.edu/~jross/goldrush.html
- The Maritime Heritage Project - Passenger lists of 20,000 immigrants arriving during California's gold rush.
www.maritimeheritage.org
- The Virtual California Gold Country - Travel along "Historic Highway 49" and visit the old mining camps and learn about their history.
www.malakoff.com/vcgc.htm
- Women in the Gold Rush - Read interesting quotes and comments from and about the women of gold rush in California.
claim.goldrush.com/~joann
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