Volunteer Forty-niners : Tennesseans and the California gold rush / Walter T. Durham.
by Durham, Walter T.
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BookPublisher: Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997Edition: 1st ed.Description: xvi, 324 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0826512984 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Tennessee -- Population -- History -- 19th century | California -- History -- 1846-1850 | California -- Gold discoveriesDDC classification: 979.4
Contents:
California gold! -- By land and sea in '49 -- Going for the gold -- Trailing southern routes -- Via Fort Smith and Santa Fe -- The California Trail in '49 -- Slow passage -- The thing must have its run -- The birth of a state -- Political gold -- Not for the faint of heart -- Beyond the mines -- Statesmen and filibusters -- Gold and the gospel -- Home again.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-306) and index.
California gold! -- By land and sea in '49 -- Going for the gold -- Trailing southern routes -- Via Fort Smith and Santa Fe -- The California Trail in '49 -- Slow passage -- The thing must have its run -- The birth of a state -- Political gold -- Not for the faint of heart -- Beyond the mines -- Statesmen and filibusters -- Gold and the gospel -- Home again.
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