Gold Rush History Links
“A Frenzy seized my soul: unbidden my legs performed some entirely new
movements of polka steps, I took several....Piles of gold rose before me
at every step; castles of marble, dazzling the eye with their rich
appliances; thousands of slaves bowing to my beck and call; myriads of
fair virgins contending with each other for my love, were among the
fancies of my fevered imaginations. The Rothschilds, Girards and Astors
appeared to me but poor people; in short, I had a very violent attack of
the Gold Fever.” ....James H. Carson,
Recollections of the California Mines.
The Discovery of Gold - I Believe I've Found a Gold Mine
The Way West - Pioneer Routes to California
The Gold Rush - General and Comprehensive Information
Locales in the Gold Fields - Specific Towns or Places
Gold Rush Players - Biographies of Notable Folk
Miners' Correspondence - Letters and Diaries
Gold Rush Fiction - Tales/Anecdotes From or About the Gold Rush
Historical Societies - Digging into California's Past
Gold Rush Genealogy - A Miner in your Family Tree?
E Clampus Vitus - Credo Quia Absurdum
The Donner Party - Tragedy in the High Sierra
Miscellaneous - A Gold Rush Catch-All
The Discovery of Gold
California Gold -
An Authentic History of the First Find
General William T. Sherman's Memoirs -
Gold Fields, Mormons and the News
The Dramatic Impact of the Gold Discovery -
History of California, 1897
The Discovery of Gold in California -
by James W. Marshall
The Discovery of Gold in California -
by Capt. John Sutter
The Discovery of Gold In California -
as Viewed by New York and London
The First Official Report of the Discovery of Gold in California -
Colonel Mason
Thomas Larkin's Letters -
Of the Gold Discovery
The Way West
General
California Gold -
Routes to California
By Land
California National Historic Trail Brochure -
Ho for California!
California National Historical Trail Wagon Train -
Run for the Gold
Census of Overland Emigrant Documents -
Overland Trail Emigrant Information
Children's Chores Along the Trail -
And Kids Complain Today?
Fun With Buffalo Dung -
The Title Says it All
Oregon-California Trails Association -
Cal/Nev Chapter
Overland to California -
Joint Stock Companies
The California National History Trail -
A National Park Service Site
The California Trail -
A Virtual Tour
The Road to California, 1849 -
The Origins of the Trail
The Westward Migration -
Establishment of the California Trail
Wagons West -
With a Pioneer Shopping List
Wagons West in '46 -
Overland to California, a Madera Method Project
Where the Heck IS California, Anyway? -
Where are the Warrior Women?
By Sea
California -
Steamers Via Panama or Nicaragua
Gold Rush Shipwrecks -
The Winfield Scott & the Yankee Blade
History of the Panama Railroad -
Sea/Land/Sea
The Journey by Sea -
9 of 10 Captains were Incompetent
The Maritime Heritage Project -
Focusing on Steamships to California
The S.S. Central America -
America's Lost Treasure
Sea Routes to California -
A Map
The Gold Rush
A Brief History of California's Gold -
by Timothy McNulty
A Rush to the Gold Washings -
From The California Star, 1848
All About the Gold Rush -
PBS online
And the Rush Was On -
150 Years after the Gold Rush
California as I Saw It -
First-Person Narratives of California 1849-1900
California Gold Rush Chronology -
San Francisco Museum Site
Early California History -
An Overview
Gold Rush -
The Sacramento Bee Series
The Gold Rush Chronicles -
Historical Information on the Gold Rush Era
Gold Rush History Alliance -
Bringing Gold Rush History to Life
Gold Fever -
The Oakland Museum of California's Gold Rush site
Mormons in the Mines -
California's Gold Rush Saints
Rambles in California -
Excerpt from New Families Magazine, 1859
The California Gold Rush -
California's Natural Resources
The California Gold Rush -
Houston Chronicle Site
The Land of Glittering Dreams -
Fine Art Photographs & Historical Nuggets
Welcome to the West -
The PBS Site
Locales in the Gold Fields
Historic Mining Ditches Near Foresthill
History of Dutch Flat -
A Sketch by Russell Towle
San Francisco During the Gold Rush -
San Francisco Museum Site
Sierra History -
Central Sierra Miwok, Gold, & Angels Camp
The Californian Gold District -
Kanaha Bar
The Gold Rush Trail -
An Outdoor Museum of San Francisco's Heritage
Gold Rush Players
Black Bart - The Gold Rush PO8
Samuel Brannan -
PBS Welcome to the West
Samuel Brannan -
Yuba City's Founding Father
Lotta Crabtree -
Charlotte Mignon “Lotta” Crabtree
John Charles Fremont -
The Pathfinder
Domenico Ghirardelli -
The Chocolate Guy
James Marshall -
California's Gold Discoverer
James Wilson Marshall -
The Man who Started the Gold Rush
Lola Montez -
Femme Fatale, etc.
Emperor Norton -
Emperor of the United States
Leland Stanford, Sr. -
One of the "Big Four"
Levi Strauss -
Inventor of the Blue Jean
John Studebaker -
From Conestoga Wagon, to Wheelbarrow, to Studebaker
Johann Augustus Sutter -
Johann Augustus Sutter
Miners' Correspondence
Letters
Benjamin S. Lippincott -
Pioneer Letters 1846-1850
Christmas, 1851 -
California Gold Rush letter
William Swain Letter -
Written from "The Diggings"
Diaries/Journals
A Journal of our Travels across the Mountains to California
Across the Plains in the Donner Party -
Virginia Reed Murphy
As It Was in '49 -
An Account of an Overland Journey
California as I Saw It -
First Person Narratives, 1849-1900
David Campbell's Account of Travels West in 1846
The Diary and Letters of James M. Burr, 1850-1853
Diary of Azariah Smith -
Present on the day of the Gold Discovery at Sutters Mill
Diary of Patrick Breen -
Donner Party Member
Diary of H.W. Bigler -
Mormon Battalion Member at Sutters Mill
Diary of Hiram Miller and James F. Reed -
of the Donner Party
Donner Relief Party Diary -
The Rescuer's Story
The Gold Rush Diary of George Bonniwell
Grant Palmer's Boyhood in the California Gold Rush Country 1860's - 1870's
Incidents of Travel and Adventure in the Far West -
by S.N. Carvalho
Iowa to the Land of Gold -
Eliza Ann McAuley
Kane County, Ill to Diamond Springs, Cal. by Wagon -
Harriet Booth Griswald
Log of trip around the Horn in 1849 to S.F. -
Alfred L. Stiles
Memoirs of Travel -
Missouri to California Overland
Over the Old Back Trails -
by Sadie Culbert Tibbitts
The Gold Rush Diary of William P. Huff -
1849 & 1850
The Hard Life of a 49'er Miner -
A Fictional Diary by Hillary, Dylan and Shiloh
The James Reed Diary -
of the Donner Party
What I Saw in California -
Diary of Edwin Bryant in 1846 overland journey
Gold Rush Fiction
Commandments to California Wives -
Shalts & Shalt Nots
Men to Match My Mountains -
by Irving Stone
Riding the Overland Stage -
Mark Twain "Roughing It" excerpt
Stories of Virginia City, Nevada -
Excerpts from the Big Bonanza
The Californian's Tale -
A Look at Gold Mining by Mark Twain
The Days of ‘49: A Popular Song of Pioneer Times in California
The Gold Hunter's Farewell to his Wife -
A Goodbye Song
The Honest Miner's Songs -
Oh California! That's the Land for Me
The Miners' Ten Commandments -
Shalts & Shalt Nots
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County -
Mark Twain's Famous Story
Historical Societies
Amador County Historical Agencies
Calaveras County Historical Agencies
El Dorado County Historical Agencies
Mariposa County Historical Agencies
Nevada County Historical Society, Inc.
Placer County Historical Agencies
Sierra County Historical Society
Stanislaus County Historical Agencies
Tuolumne County Historical Agencies
Yuba County Historical Agencies
California Historical Society
Gold Rush Genealogy
Amador County GenWeb Project Pages
Calaveras County Genealogy
California Gold Rush Genealogy Mailing List
El Dorado County Genealogy
Mariposa County Genealogy
Nevada County Genealogy Home Pages
California via Central America, Steamer Passenger Lists
Placer County Genealogy Home Page
Sierra County Genealogy Home Page
Stanislaus County Genealogy Page
Tuolumne County Genealogy Home Page
Yuba County Genealogy & History
California Genealogy
E Clampus Vitus
A Short History of E Clampus Vitus
Bodie Chapter "64"
Clampers on the Net
Cyber Clampout
ECV — E Clampus Vitus
ECV Chapter 1.5
Estanislao #58
Lost Dutchman Chapter 5917 Arizona
Quivira Chapter #4
The Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus
The Lost Clamper
The Donner Party
Donner Online -
A Web-based Learning Guide
Donner Party Story -
Photo and Background
The Donner Party -
A Brief Summary
The Donner Party -
A Daily Log of the Donner Party's Journey
The Donner Party -
The Ill-fated Group
The Donner Party -
by Shauna Bogetz
Miscellaneous
African American Rights During the Gold Rush
The Bear Flag Republic -
We are Republicans
The Bear Flag Revolt -
California History
The Bear Flag Revolt -
The California Republic
The Bear Flag Revolt -
by Nathan Rayman
California History -
Achieving Statehood
California History -
The Bear Flag Revolt
The Double Eagle -
From the Gold Fields of California
Eureka -
What's it mean?
FOUND! The Wreck of the Frolic -
A Gold Rush Cargo for San Francisco
Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! -
by Thomas Hood
Gold Rush Stories from Pioneer Women -
San Francisco Museum Site
Mariposa Battalion and the Discovery of Yosemite
No Place for a Woman? -
by Patricia Cronin Marcello
Raising of the Bear Flag -
The Official Bear Flag Page
Raising of the Bear Flag -
Why a Grizzly?
Shipwrecks in California -
Sunken Treasure
Steamer Day in the 1850's -
Mail Call!
The California -
First American Steamer to reach California after the Discovery of Gold
The Emigrants Guide to Oregon and California -
by Lansford W. Hastings
The Gold Rush of California: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles
The Chinese in the Gold Rush -
Patient & Industrious
Ulysses S. Grant and the California Gold Rush -
1852
Wagons West in '46 -
Overland to California, a Madera Method Project
Women in the Gold Rush -
Women who "Saw the Elephant"
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