Folsom, California
Folsom, California

Author: Folsom Historical Society

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 1999-09-15

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439610193

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With the nearby discovery of gold in 1848, Folsom, which began as a remote camp for trappers and traders, quickly became a prosperous mining town in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains. When the railroad arrived, Folsom boomed, serving as a transportation hub and gateway to the gold country. Downtowns Sutter Street became a busy center for merchants, hotels, and commerce, as well as the terminus for the Pony Express. Encompassing 135 years, this book celebrates Folsoms diverse heritage from its beginnings as Granite City to the recent growth attributed to the influx of high-tech corporations. Over two hundred images illustrate its history, including personal glimpses of family and home life, churches, schools, holiday celebrations, local culture, politics, and social organizations, to photographs of well-known landmarks and institutions such as the Cohn House, Sutter Street, the Folsom Powerhouse, the railroad, and of course, the infamous Folsom Prison.

Folsom's 93
Folsom's 93

Author: April Moore

Publisher: Linden Publishing

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1610352033

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From 1895 to 1937, 93 men were hanged at California's Folsom State Prison, and this book is the first to tell all of their stories, recounting long-forgotten tales of murder and swift justice, or sometimes, swift injustice that hanged an innocent man. Based on a treasury of historical information that has been hidden from the public for nearly 70 years, the full stories of these 93 executed men are presented in this collection including their origins, their crimes, the investigations that brought them to justice, their trials, and their deaths at the gallows. This wealth of previously unpublished historical detail gives a vivid view of the sociology of early 20th-century crime and of the resulting prison life. Readers take a trip back in time to the hard-boiled early 20th-century California that inspired the novels of Dashiell Hammett and countless other crime writers. Illustrated throughout with authentic and haunting prison photographs of each of the condemned men, the crimes and punishments of a vanished era are brought into a sharp and realistic light.

Folsom Prison
Folsom Prison

Author: Jim Brown

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780738559216

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Folsom Prison is California's second-oldest prison, dating back to 1880. In the decades following the Gold Rush, it housed some of the state's most notorious prisoners in stone, dungeon-like cells behind solid-metal doors; was the first prison with electric power; and for many years provided labor for various state projects, including construction, fabrication, and printing of license plates. Thrust into the public consciousness in the 1960s by high-profile performances from country music's Johnny Cash, the prison remains a notorious and legendary institution. The variety of offenders housed at Folsom are incarcerated for a large gamut of criminal behavior, and the California Department of Corrections has been dedicated to rehabilitation efforts throughout the facility's long history.

Hidden History Beneath Folsom Lake
Hidden History Beneath Folsom Lake

Author: Kevin Knauss

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 9780997818802

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The historical gold rush era sites along the North and South forks of the American River revealed when Folsom Lake dropped to record low water levels in 2015 because of drought.

Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

Author: Michael Streissguth

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 2019-09-25

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1496824938

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On January 13, 1968, Johnny Cash (1932–2003) took the stage at Folsom Prison in California. The concert and the live album, At Folsom Prison, propelled him to worldwide superstardom. He reached new audiences, ignited tremendous growth in the country music industry, and connected with fans in a way no other artist has before or since. Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison: The Making of a Masterpiece, Revised and Updated is a riveting account of that day, what led to it, and what followed. Michael Streissguth skillfully places the album and the concert in the larger context of Cash’s artistic development, the era’s popular music, and California’s prison system, uncovering new angles and exploding a few myths along the way. Scrupulously researched, rich with the author’s unprecedented archival access to Folsom Prison’s and Columbia Records’ archives, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison shows how Cash forever became a champion of the downtrodden, as well as one of the more enduring forces in American music. This revised edition includes new images and updates throughout the volume, including previously unpublished material.

HPI Case Files Book 2
HPI Case Files Book 2

Author: Paul Roberts

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-04-20

Total Pages: 127

ISBN-13: 1312053240

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Follow the adventures of HPI (Hegelianism Paranormal Intelligence) as we investigate all things paranormal in Northern California and even internationally.