Hard road west : history & geology along the Gold Rush trail /
In 1849 news of the discovery of gold in California triggered an enormous wave of emigration toward the Pacific. Lured by the promise of riches, thousands of settlers left behind the forests, rain, and fertile soil of the eastern United States in favor of the rough-hewn lands of the American West. T...
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2007.
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