History of the Gold Rush

Books

• Brady, Jerry; You Bet gold fever : a true documentation
  SPE 979.437 B812 1983 CAL
• Broman, M. G.; California ghost town trails
  SPE 979.4 B868 1985 CAL
• Calhoon, F. D.; California gold and the highgraders : true stories of the mines and the miners
  SPE 979.437 C152c 1988 CAL; SPE 979.437 C152c 1988 SAA
• Cogswell, Moses Pearson; The gold rush diary of Moses Cogswell of New Hampshire
  SPE 979.404 C677 1949 CAL
• Coy, Owen Cochran; In the diggings in 'Forty-nine
  SPE 979.404 C881 1948 CAL
• Chronology of California's transition : highlighting California State Parks and events leading to the gold discovery and statehood
  SPE 979.4 C557 1996 CAL
• Davis, Frank; 100 years ago : true stories of early California's gold mining days
  SPE 979.4404 D261 1980 CAL
• Davis, Harold Palmer; Gold rush days in Nevada City
  SPE 979.437 D262 1948 CAL VAU
• Drager, Kerry; The golden dream : California from gold rush to statehood
  SPE 979.404 D759 1997 CAL
• Frisbie, Granville Kimball; Nuggets of freemasonry in the gold rush days of California
  SPE 366.1 F917 1968 CAL
• Gold rush : a literary exploration
  SPE 979.4 G6183 1997 CAL
• Gold rush album
  SPE 979.404 G618 1949 CAL

• Gold rush bankers
  SPE 332.1092 G618 1984 SAC; SPE 332.1092 G618 1984 SAA
• Gray, Thorne B.; Quest for deep gold : the story of La Grange, California
  SPE 979.457 G782 1973 CAL
• Harte, Bret; Bret Harte's gold rush : "Outcasts of Poker Flat," "The Luck of Roaring Camp," "Tennessee's Partner," and other favorites
  SPE fic ss CAL
• Low, Garrett W.; Gold rush by sea
  SPE 979.404 L912 1941 CAL
• Maniery, Mary L.; Gold mining at Negro Bar
  SPE 979.453 M278 1996 SAC
• Minke, Pauline; Chinese in the Mother Lode, 1850-1870
  SPE 305.8951 M665 1974 CAL
• Perkins, Elisha; Gold rush diary : being the journal of Elisha Douglass Perkins on the Overland Trail in the spring and summer of 1849
  SPE 978 P448 1967 CAL
• Santos, Robert LeRoy; The gold rush of California : a bibliography of periodical articles
  SPE 979.40016 S237 1998 CAL
• Stumpf, Gary D.; Gold mining in Siskyou County, 1850-1900
  SPE 622.3422 S934 1979 CAL
• Taber, Louise E.; California gold rush days : stories from the radio series
  SPE 979.44 T113 1936 CAL
• Wagner, Jack Russell; Gold mines of California : an illustrated history of the most productive mines with descriptions of the interesting people who owned and operated them
  SPE 622.342 W133 1970 CAL
• Wheeler, Richard S.; Sierra : a novel of the California gold rush
  SPE fic CAL

Maps

• Pierce, Richard A.; Lost mines and buried treasures of California : fact, folklore and fantasy concerning 110 sites of hidden wealth succinctly and accurately described, with a map for the guidance of treasure seekers
  SPE 979.4 P617 1964 CAL; SPE 979.4 P617 1962 CAL
• Robinson, Fayette; California and its gold regions : with a geographical and topographical view of the country ; its mineral and agricultural resources, prepared from official and other authentic documents, with a map of the U. States and California, showing the routes of the U. S. Mail steam packets to California ; also the various overland routes
  SPE 979.404 R659 1849 CAL VAU

Pamphlet File

• In the Sacramento Room Pamphlet File, look for information about the Gold rush under the following subject headings: "Gold Discovery," "Gold Rush," and "Gold Rush - Women."