The Gold seekers of '49
by Kimball Webster
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About this eBook
- Author
- Webster, Kimball, 1828-1916
- Title
- The gold seekers of '49 : a personal narrative of the overland trail and adventures in California and Oregon from 1849 to 1854
- Original Publication
- Manchester: Standard Book Company, 1917.
- Credits
- Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F850.5: United States local history: Pacific States
- Subject
- California -- Gold discoveries
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71572
- Release Date
- September 5, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Gold Seekers of ’49
- 2.DEDICATION.
- 3.HON. KIMBALL WEBSTER.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 6.ERRATA
- 7.THE PIONEERS OF CALIFORNIA.
- 8.CHAPTER I. TIDINGS OF A NEW ELDORADO
- 9.CHAPTER II. ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
- 10.CHAPTER III. THE OVERLAND TRAIL.
- 11.CHAPTER IV. THE HUMBOLDT RIVER TRAIL
- 12.CHAPTER V. THE LAND OF GOLD.
- 13.CHAPTER VI. ADVENTURES BY FLOOD.
- 14.CHAPTER VII. LIFE IN THE MINES.
- 15.CHAPTER VIII. THE ILLUSION OF “GOLD LAKE.”
- 16.CHAPTER IX. MINING ON THE YUBA RIVER
- 17.CHAPTER X. WITH COMPASS AND CHAIN IN OREGON
- 18.CHAPTER XI. HOMEWARD BOUND
- 19.ADDENDA. THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD.
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