Title:
[California gold discoveries and other related stories]
Creator/Contributor:
Hughes, B. A., creator
Creator/Contributor:
Wimmer, Peter, Mrs
Date:
1854-1975 (issued)
Contents:
Discovery of gold at Coloma.--City intelligence.--Mining in San Luis Obispo County.--When Marshall died.--Tales of San Joaquin.--Discovery
of gold.--Old oak tree marks home site.--Test of first gold found in state told.--George Cross, pioneer of '46, was present.--Mrs.
Wimmer & her soap kettle.--Recollections of a pioneer mother / by Emma C. Smith.--Story of the first discovery of gold as
related to Mrs. David Staples / by Mrs. Peter Wimmer.--An apologetic letter from General Sherman.--Death, at Newcastle, March
22, Martin D. Bayes.
Subject:
n-us-ca
Mrs -- Wimmer, Peter
Wimmer family
California -- Gold discoveries
Note:
[compiled by] B. A. Hughes.
"Newspaper file item": no. 1-18.
Typescripts (photocopies).
Collected from various newspaper articles, 1854-1975.
Type:
biography
Physical Description:
print
[58] leaves ; 28 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
F865 .H792
Origin:
California