Hard road west : history & geology along the Gold Rush trail / Keith Heyer Meldahl.

In 1849 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. T...

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Main Author: Meldahl, Keith Heyer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
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Genre/Form:collective biographies, Biographies
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central