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Genre/Form: | History Pictorial works Illustrated works |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Frank Lorey |
ISBN: | 1634990250 9781634990257 |
OCLC Number: | 995304792 |
Description: | 175 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm |
Contents: | How it all began -- Mariposa County -- Tuolumne County -- Calveras County -- Amador County -- El Dorado County -- Placer County -- Nevada County -- Sierra County -- Plumas County -- Yuba County -- Butte County. |
Series Title: | America through time. |
Responsibility: | Frank Lorey III. |
Abstract:
The discovery of gold in January 1848 when James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill near Coloma, started a rush that was unprecedented in all of the world's history. In this highly illustrated book, Frank Lorey covers the historic towns and mining locations in the 11 counties which produced the vast majority of California's golden wealth.
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