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Death Valley Gold Rush
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Author : Ted Faye
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2022-10-17
Death Valley Gold Rush written by Ted Faye and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-17 with History categories.
From the mid-19th century to the 1930s, no place in America was more feared or mysterious than the stretch of desert on the California-Nevada border known as Death Valley. While today Death Valley National Park is seen as a place of natural beauty and scenic wonders, there were once rumors of vaporous gases so toxic that birds flying overhead would drop dead instantly. One of the first Americans to encounter this dreaded land was William Lewis Manly, who left his Wisconsin home for California's 1849 Gold Rush and who heroically saved those lost pioneers who would give Death Valley its name. Other pioneers in the early 20th century were Frank "Shorty" Harris, who made Death Valley's biggest gold strike; the Hoyt brothers, who, in 1908, struck it rich in a place called Skidoo; and in the 1920s, a con man named C.C. Julian, who used the valley's reputation to scam naive investors. There was a time when the entire country seemed to be consumed with news and tales of the Death Valley Gold Rush. Ted Faye is a documentary filmmaker, exhibit curator, and historical researcher on stories and people of the Death Valley region. Faye has worked with tourism boards on both the state and local levels to develop materials that tell the stories of their communities. He was a historian at US Borax, and many images from this book are from the Borax collection at Death Valley National Park.
Lost In Death Valley
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Author : Connie Goldsmith
language : en
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Release Date : 2001
Lost In Death Valley written by Connie Goldsmith and has been published by Millbrook Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with California categories.
Tells the story of traveling out West through four families who endured the journey to search for gold and become rich.
Death Valley In 49
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Author : William Lewis Manly
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Release Date : 2016-01-26
Death Valley In 49 written by William Lewis Manly and has been published by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-26 with History categories.
A survivor’s true account of death, despair, and heroism in Death Valley in the heat of the California Gold Rush. At the height of the California gold rush in 1849, a wagon train of men, women, children, and their animals stumbled into a 130-mile-long valley in the Mojave Desert while they were looking for a shortcut to the California coast. What ensued was an ordeal that divided the camp into remnants and struck them with hunger, thirst, and a terrible sense of being lost beyond hope—until a twenty-nine-year-old hero volunteered to cross the desert to get help. This young hero, William Lewis Manly, was one of the survivors of the tragedy, and he lived to tell the tale forty-five years later in this gripping autobiography, first published in 1894. In a time of unmarked frontiers and wilderness, Manly lived the true life of a pioneer. After being hit by gold rush fever Manly joined the fateful wagon train that would get swallowed up by the barren, arid, hostile valley with its dry and waterless terrain, unearthly surface of white salts, and overwhelming heat. Assaulted and devastated by the elements, members of the camp killed their emaciated oxen for food, ran out of water, split up, and lost and buried their own kind who perished. When Manly’s remaining band of ten came across a rare water hole, he and a companion, John Rogers, left the rest by the water and crossed the treacherous Panamint Mountains and Mojave Desert by themselves in search for rescue. In a true act of heroism against all odds, the two finally returned twenty-five days later with help, rescuing their compatriots, including four children, even when it seemed all hope was lost. Told at the end of the nineteenth century, Manly’s compelling and stirring account brings alive to modern-day readers the unimaginable hardships of America’s brave pioneers, and a chapter in Californian history that should not be forgotten.
The Gold Rush
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Author : Barbara A. Somervill
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 2005
The Gold Rush written by Barbara A. Somervill and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
From gunslingers to gold diggers, this series explores the stories and history of the American West.
Death Valley In 49
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Author : William Lewis Manly
language : en
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Release Date : 2014-03
Death Valley In 49 written by William Lewis Manly and has been published by Literary Licensing, LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03 with categories.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1894 Edition.
Grit And Gold
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Author : Jean Johnson
language : en
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Grit And Gold written by Jean Johnson and has been published by University of Nevada Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with History categories.
No other Western settlement story is more famous than the Donner Party’s ill-fated journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains. But a few years later and several hundred miles south, another group faced a similar situation just as perilous. Scrupulously researched and documented, Grit and Gold tells the story of the Death Valley Jayhawkers of 1849 and the young men who traveled by wagon and foot from Iowa to the California gold rush. The Jayhawkers’ journey took them through the then uncharted and unnamed hottest, driest, lowest spot in the continent—now aptly known as Death Valley. After leaving Salt Lake City to break a road south to the Pacific Coast that would eliminate crossing the snowy Sierra Nevada, the party veered off the Old Spanish Trail in southern Utah to follow a mountaineer’s map portraying a bogus trail that claimed to cut months and hundreds of miles off their route to the gold country. With winter coming, however, they found themselves hopelessly lost in the mountains and dry valleys of southern Nevada and California. Abandoning everything but the shirts on their backs and the few oxen that became their pitiful meals, they turned their dreams of gold to hopes of survival. Utilizing William Lorton’s 1849 diary of the trek from Illinois to southern Utah, the reminiscences of the Jayhawkers themselves, the keen memory of famed pioneer William Lewis Manly, and the almost daily diary of Sheldon Young, Johnson paints a lively but accurate portrait of guts, grit, and determination.
Death Valley In 49 Important Chapter Of California Pioneer History
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Author : William Lewis Manly
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-08-12
Death Valley In 49 Important Chapter Of California Pioneer History written by William Lewis Manly and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-08-12 with History categories.
"Death Valley in '49. Important chapter of California pioneer history" by William Lewis Manly. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Across Death Valley
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Author : Mary Barmeyer O'Brien
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2009-06-02
Across Death Valley written by Mary Barmeyer O'Brien and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-02 with Fiction categories.
Across Death Valley tells the remarkable story of one woman's brave struggle to keep her family alive during one of the most arduous and dramatic episodes in the history of Western migration. A riveting narrative by a writer known for her books on pioneers, Across Death Valley is a fictionalized account based on the true story of the legendary journey that Juliet Wells Brier, her husband, and their three sons undertook during the Gold Rush from Salt Lake City to the settlement of Los Angeles. Departing Salt Lake City via wagon train, the Briers had been promised an easy trip along the well-traveled Old Spanish Trail to California. But, after several agonizing weeks, some of the families—the Briers included—broke off from the main group to continue on an unmapped shortcut. As hardships mounted they splintered into smaller groups until, finally, the Briers were traveling alone. Their chosen route led directly into Death Valley—eventually, on foot. Diminutive Julia piggybacked her youngest son even when she was near death from thirst and exhaustion. Rich in compelling detail, Across Death Valley is an unforgettable tale of courage, love, and hope.
California Gold Rush
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Author : Linda Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Release Date : 2004-08-01
California Gold Rush written by Linda Thompson and has been published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-08-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Discusses The History And Events Of The California Gold Rush.
Death Valley In 49
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Author : William Lewis Manly
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Death Valley In 49 written by William Lewis Manly and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Describes one of the most dramatic episodes of the California Gold Rush-- an incredible journey of a party of emigrants who got lost in Death Valley. Some perished, but others lived to tell the tale.