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[California gold discoveries and other related stories] /
F865 .H792
Collection Overview

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