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Author: Alton Pryor Publisher: Stagecoach Pub ISBN: 9780966005349 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
Mark Twain observed that to write of the gold rush period and ignore its carnage would be like writing of Mormonism without referring to polygamy. A good example is the story of a mob in one California gold camp that hanged a man for horse stealing. It was found after the handing that the man was innocent. The vigilante mob sent a messenger to break the news to the victim's widow. "We hanged him for stealing a horse," he told her, "but come to find out, he didn't do it, so I guess the joke's on us." All gold camps weren't' so callous, but most of them were exciting.
Author: Alton Pryor Publisher: Stagecoach Pub ISBN: 9780966005349 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
Mark Twain observed that to write of the gold rush period and ignore its carnage would be like writing of Mormonism without referring to polygamy. A good example is the story of a mob in one California gold camp that hanged a man for horse stealing. It was found after the handing that the man was innocent. The vigilante mob sent a messenger to break the news to the victim's widow. "We hanged him for stealing a horse," he told her, "but come to find out, he didn't do it, so I guess the joke's on us." All gold camps weren't' so callous, but most of them were exciting.
Author: Alton Pryor Publisher: Stagecoach Pub ISBN: 0966005317 Category : California Languages : en Pages : 194
Book Description
This book has 41 different chapters on California's gold rush and development history. Read about The Lost Spanish Galleon, Pegleg Smith's Lost Gold Mine, Joaquin Murrieta, and railroad titans.
Author: Alton Pryor Publisher: Stagecoach Publishing ISBN: 9780974755106 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 88
Book Description
The reader should not be conned into thinking Nevada is only desert and casinos. Nevada gained its statehood because of its incredible wealth in gold and silver mines. Many mining towns in Nevada are now ghost towns but interesting pieces of Nevada's history and well worth a visit. The state's geology dates back to the Stone Age and its tales of train robberies, lynchings and Indian battles are all explored here in this book.
Author: Alton Pryor Publisher: Stagecoach Pub ISBN: 9780966005325 Category : California Languages : en Pages : 210
Book Description
Women discovered gold in California a full year before James Marshall announced his discovery. There have been repeated attempts to split California into two or more states. Wheelbarrow Johnny was one of the gold seekers who came west searching for gold. Instead, he built wheelbarrows and then went on to become one of the nation's great automobile magnates.
Author: Alton Pryor Publisher: Stagecoach Pub ISBN: 9780966005394 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 152
Book Description
Women from all walks of life helped make California what it is today. There were the Sisters of Mercy who waded into the smallpox infested hospitals to care for the needy of all races and financial means.Donaldina Cameron rescued more than 3,000 Asian slave girls who had been sold into prostitution, often by their parents.We've included Lucille Ball, Clara Bow and Isadora Duncan in our list of entertainment celebrities.
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor
Author: Alton Pryor