Gold Rush Ghosts of Placerville, Coloma & Georgetown
Gold Rush Ghosts of Placerville, Coloma & Georgetown

Author: Linda J. Bottjer

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 162584994X

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Fueled by the dream to strike it rich, prospectors flocked to California during the gold rush. Yet the harsh lifestyle and backbreaking work led many to early graves. Join author Linda Bottjer on a tour through Gold Country's most chilling--and true--haunted tales. Tales such as the hangman of Placerville, whose distinctive wheeze is a sign of his continued presence. Or the Georgetown miner whose unrequited love for a much younger lady of the night finds him still pining for her in death as he did in life. And in Coloma, the ghost of James Marshall is said to dwell on the lonely hilltop where his cabin and monument now stand. These stories, and many others, capture the ghostly spirit of Gold Country.

Gold Miner 49 Er
Gold Miner 49 Er

Author: Reginald Gould

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2006-03

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1411679687

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This book is about exploring old gold and silver mines in Part One. Part Two is about actual experiences using various recovery equipment to find gold. Part Three is a look at some of the million dollar gold mines from present to the 1800's. Part Four is about new equipment to recover gold from rivers and streams.

The California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush

Author: Kate Shoup

Publisher: Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 150260969X

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On January 24, 1848, pioneer James W. Marshall discovered gold in central California. When word got out, gold fever set in, drawing hundreds of thousands of pioneers to the state hoping to strike it rich. Discover the circumstances and effects of this event in The California Gold Rush.

Ghost Towns of California
Ghost Towns of California

Author: Philip Varney

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2012-07-15

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1610585631

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Ghost Towns of California is a guidebook to the state's best boomtowns. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featured are color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography of 70 sites, including the famous Bodie. Come see where it all started at the mother lode, and trace the great migration throughout the region. Visit the northern mines and the ghosts of San Francisco Bay, the Eastern Sierra, Death Valley, and the Mojave Desert. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West!

Ghost Towns of Northern California
Ghost Towns of Northern California

Author: Susan Drew, Philip Varney, John Drew

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781610600804

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A travel guide to northern California's 50 deserted mining towns, plus the "ghost prison" of Alcatraz and a couple of Chinese fishing villages in the San Francisco Bay area.