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A small collection of letters and photographs from the California Gold Rush.
http://www.glittering.com/letters/
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The Maritime Heritage Project
Passenger lists of 20,000 immigrants arriving during California's gold rush.
http://www.maritimeheritage.org/
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2 Get California Gold Country
Gold rush history, gold country travel information, and modern gold panning techniques.
http://2getgold.com/folklore/index.htm
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James Marshall - California's Gold Discoverer
Read about his gold discovery and what happened to him afterwards.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/WildWest/articles/1997/1297_text.htm
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Women in the Gold Rush
Read interesting quotes and comments from and about the women of gold rush in California.
http://claim.goldrush.com/~joann/
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The Gold Rush Diary of George Bonniwell
Use your mind's eye to visualize the tough journey made by George Bonniwell from his home in
Milwaukee to the gold fields of California as you read his diary.
http://www.emigrantroad.com/gold01.html
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Adventures of Wells Fargo - All That Glitters
Besides the history of the goldrush, learn about the selling and purchasing of gold dust and, in
particular, the Wells Fargo's method of determining a fair price.
http://wellsfargo.com/about/stories/ch12/
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By the Great Horn Spoon!
Explore the gold rush through this Newberry Award winning book. Developed by teachers, this site
meets California's fourth grade curriculum and is designed for use in the classroom.
http://library.advanced.org/50048/
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A Brief History of the Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush, from the State of California's CERES.
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
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Land of Golden Dreams
Online version of the Huntington Library's exhibition of the original manuscripts, drawings,
letters, paintings, books, and diaries from the California gold rush decade, 1848-1858.
http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/
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The Great American Gold Rush
Timeline of the California Gold Rush.
http://www.acusd.edu/~jross/goldrush.html
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Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories
This site preserves and supplements four major exhibitions celebrating the gold rush
sesquicentennial, at the Oakland Museum of California.
http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/
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The Virtual California Gold Country
Travel along "Historic Highway 49" and visit the old mining camps and learn about their
history.
http://www.malakoff.com/vcgc.htm
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Discovery of Gold
John A. Sutter tells about the events leading to the discovery and its effects on his plans for
building an empire by supporting the needs of a growing state.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html
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