Presents a look at the sites and society that existed in San Francisco during the time of the Gold Rush in the 1850s.

The author uses lighthearted illustrations and excerpts from letters, journals, and newspaper articles to relate the story of the California Gold Rush of 1848.

In January of 1848, James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. For a year afterward, news of this discovery spread o

Follows the development of the gold rush in California starting in the 1840's. Examines its effects on the economic, social, and political development of the ar

Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush? Did you know that black history in California precedes