Anybody's Gold: The Story of California's Mining TownsThe dramatic story of the Gold Rush years--and especially of the clerks, farmers, bandits, entrepreneurs, cons, dance hall girls, and "good women" who came to find their fortunes. Drawing on personal knowledge of the area, publications of the period, and unpublished personal diaries, the late Jackson compiled a vivid narrative that recreates the excitement of California's most dramatic decade. Photos. |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
American Arnold and Slack began Bell better Bidwell Bidwell's Bar brought Cali California camp Camptonville chance Charlie Chinese citizens claim Clampers Concord Creek crowd dance Dashaway dollars Downieville dozen editor fact fight foot-hills Forty-Niners Frémont friends gambling gold rush Grass Valley hand Harpending head hills horses hundred Hutchings Indians Joaquin Murieta John John Bidwell kind knew ladies land later less little Lotta lived Lola Lola Montez look Lotta Lotta Crabtree Madame Mariposa Marysville matter Mexican Michael Brennan miles miners mines mountains mules Nevada City newspaper night party passengers perhaps Placerville plain profits quartz Ralston reader Rich Bar ride River road rock Royce Sacramento saloons San Francisco Shirley Sierra Sonora stage stones story Sutter Sutter's Fort theater thing thou thought thousand told Tom Bell took town trail verry wagon Weaverville wrote