Bodie''s Gold - Tall Tales and True History From a California Mining Town

Informationen zum Autor Marguerite Sprague is executive director of the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society. Klappentext The Bodie Mining District was established in 1860 after the discovery of gold deposits in the area. Bodie's largest boom ended just over twenty years later! but the town survived into the twentieth century. In Bodie's Gold! Marguerite Sprague uncovers the original sources of information whenever possible! from the first mining claims to interviews with former Bodieites. Enhanced with numerous historic photographs and extracts from newspapers of that period! as well as by the reminiscences of former residents! the book offers a fascinating account of life in a Gold Rush boomtown. Zusammenfassung The colorful story of California's official Gold Rush town available in an accessible new format

Product details

• Authors: Marguerite Sprague, SPRAGUE MARGUERITE
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2011
• EAN: 9780874178562
• ISBN: 978-0-87417-856-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), USA Westen, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mining, Bergbautechnik, History - U.S., HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century