Mining Camps of Placer County - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Carmel Barry-Schweyei, Alycia S. AlvaresjPublish date:2004-11-01Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531615802ISBN-10:1531615805UPC:9781531615802Book Category:History, Photography, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & Themes, PictorialsBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC7XFXZD5C
Mining Camps of Placer County
Everything in Placer County history leads to gold, from its name--the Spanish term for gold-bearing gravel--to the mining camps that sprouted overnight in its rugged river canyons. Ecstatic cries of "Gold on the American River " in 1848 launched the largest voluntary migration in the history of the world. As claims "panned out," thousands of miners swarmed like locusts between the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsISBN-13:9781531615802ISBN-10:1531615805UPC:9781531615802Book Category:History, Photography, TravelBook Subcategory:United States, Subjects & Themes, PictorialsBook Topic:State & Local, HistoricalSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.9105Product ID:SC7XFXZD5C
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