Books and maps tagged “California gold rush”
Gold Fever, Part Three
The Path to Civil War
Ken Salter 
The latest installment of Salter's rich historical saga, set among the crime, gambling, prostitution, and political tensions of 1850s California
Trails and Tales of Yosemite and the Central Sierra
A Guide for Hikers and History Buffs
Sharon Giacomazzi 
Sharon Giacomazzi loves to tell history tales and she loves to hike. She combines these passions in an enthralling guide to the glorious Central Sierra, presenting more than 60 fun excursions. Updated for 2013.
Snowbound
Legendary Winters of the Tahoe Sierra
Mark McLaughlin 
Covers exceptional snow events that have challenged the men and women who maintain the year-round railroad and highway systems that cross the central Sierra, as well as residents, visitors and businesses that reside in these mountains.
Gold Fever, Part Two
San Francisco 1851-1852
Ken Salter 
The continuing adventures of Pierre and Manon Dubois, a French couple who travelled to San Francisco and Northern California in 1851, arriving when The City was at its most chaotic and treacherous state of development.
Gold Fever
San Francisco 1851
Ken Salter 
Pierre Dubois goes to northern California, investigating the plight of French workers who have been sent to California. This compelling story is filled with rich historical details, bringing to life all the legendary excitement and chaos of the California Gold Rush.
Great Salt Lake
Regional Book of Facts and Exploration
Featuring Area History, Geology, Ecology and Culture
Alan Millard 
This book covers the history, ecology, geology, and culture of the Great Salt Lake Region. Includes volcanic activity, native cultures, pioneers including the Donner Party, the Pony Express, the Golden Spike, salt extraction, shipping, resorts, Bonneville Speedway, more.
On the Road with Mark Twain in California and Nevada
New Revised Edition
George J. Williams III 
This book details what is known of Twain’s years in the West, providing details of his stay in each of more than two dozen towns he lived in and visited. This book also tells visitors what they will find in these towns today.
The Donner Party
Weathering the Storm
Mark McLaughlin 
This unique look at the 1846-47 winter of entrapment the Donner Party suffered in the snowbound Sierra Nevada focuses on the extremely harsh conditions of that long and legendary winter.
Mark Twain and the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Revised Edition
George J. Williams III 
How Mark Twain's humorous frog story launched his legendary career. On a prospecting trip to Angel's Camp, Twain first heard the tales of the Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. Twain's version of the tale became an international success and launched his legendary career.
Mark Twain: His Life in Virginia City, Nevada
2nd Revised Edition
George J. Williams III 
This well researched account of Clemens' twenty-one months as reporter for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City, Nevada was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize when it was first published in 1985.
California Missions
Quick Access Map
Global Graphics 
Map of California Mission Country with detail maps and color photos of the remaining 24 original missions, more.
Rosa May
The Search for a Mining Camp Legend
George Williams III 
Rosa May worked as a prostitute and madam in the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s in towns of Virginia City, Carson City and Bodie. Rosa May died in Bodie while nursing sick miners. Despite her efforts to save lives, she was banished to Bodie's outcast cemetery.
A Fair Distance
Lois Boblett's Western Memoir, 1851-1922
L. Darlene Spargo 
A Fair Distance is the richly detailed memoir of Lois Boblett (1844-1925). L. Darlene Spargo weaves meticulously researched historical details through Boblett's memoir. Boblett's words provide new insight into the roles women played in the Western Migration.
The Murders at Convict Lake
George Williams III
Illustrations by Dave Comstock 
In 1871 a terrible shootout occurred at this Eastern Sierra lake between escaped convicts and a posse, leaving several men dead and wounded. Williams tells the gruesome story of the escape, man hunt and murders based on news accounts of the day.
The Balloon Boy of San Francisco
Dorothy Kupcha Leland 
Based on a true story and extensive research by the author, this book paints a colorful, evocative and accurate picture of daily life in San Francisco five years after the discovery of gold.
My Checkered Life
Luzena Stanley Wilson in Early California
Fern Henry
This historic memoir is Luzena Stanley Wilson's classic account of her family's 1849 overland journey to California and their experiences there during and after the Gold Rush.
Sallie Fox
The Story of a Pioneer Girl
Dorothy Kupcha Leland, Illustrations by Diane Wilde 
In 1858, twelve-year-old Sallie Fox and her family leave Iowa in a wagon train, dreaming of California. This true story offers a child’s-eye view of life on the Santa Fe Trail and Arizona’s Beale Wagon Road.
California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants
Sir Henry Huntley 
British nobelman Huntley spent most of his life in the New World. This is a reprint of his memoirs of travels and adventures in northern California during the Gold Rush, first published in the 19th century.
Patty Reed’s Doll:
The Story of the Donner Party
Rachel Laurgaard, Illustrations by Elizabeth Sykes Michaels 
Skillfully pieced together from letters, journals, and memoirs of Donner Party survivors, the story of Patty Reed and her little wooden doll gives a good picture of the true life experiences of real pioneer children.
The Remarkable Carlo Gentile
Pioneer Italian Photographer
Cesare Marino 
This book tells the intriguing story of Buffalo Bill's first Wild West Show photographer. The Italian photographer Carlo Gentile left his native land at age 21 and traveled around the world, landing in San Francisco in the 1850s.