My Trip To California In 1849
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My Trip To California In 1849
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Author : James Carstarphen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971-12-01
My Trip To California In 1849 written by James Carstarphen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971-12-01 with Travel categories.
Jersey Gold
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Author : Margaret Casterline Bowen
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2017-04-20
Jersey Gold written by Margaret Casterline Bowen and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-20 with History categories.
When gold fever struck in 1849, John S. Darcy—prominent physician, general, and president of the New Jersey Railroad—assembled a company to travel overland to California. In Jersey Gold, Margaret Casterline Bowen and Gwendolyn Joslin Hiles tell the story of that colorful company of some thirty stalwarts and adventurers. Jersey Gold chronicles the experiences of the New Jersey argonauts from their lives before the gold rush to the widely varying fortunes each ultimately found. Animated by the trekkers’ own words and observations and illustrated with maps, photographs, and drawings by one of the company’s own men, Jersey Gold follows the Newark Overland Company’s journey by rail, stage, and riverboat to the Missouri frontier town of Independence, the group’s jumping-off point for the Oregon-California trail. There, the company splintered. Their divergent paths afford views of the westward journey from multiple perspectives as the companies faced the perils of the wilderness and the treachery of human nature. Once in gold country, many booked immediate passage home, but some remained with Darcy to work a successful mining operation before returning east with comfortable fortunes. A few, enchanted by the opportunities of the Golden Coast, took up permanent residence there—and in their stories we witness the emergence of California amid unprecedented lawlessness, the controversy of slavery, and diverse nationalities. The story of the Newark Overland Company—in many ways a panorama of the nineteenth century—ranges from the wildness of the frontier through the chaos of the Civil War to the throes of early industrialization, and features such notables as John Sutter, Brigham Young, and Henry Clay. In chronicling this journey, Jersey Gold vividly re-creates a defining chapter in American history.
Pioneering In The Far East
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Author : Ludvig Verner Helms
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-06-02
Pioneering In The Far East written by Ludvig Verner Helms and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-02 with categories.
Excerpt from Pioneering in the Far East: And Journeys to California in 1849 and to the White Sea in 1878 The experiences of a life spent in mercantile adven tures hardly seem to contain sufficient interest to warrant their being made the subject of a book. Neither training nor acquirements had qualified me to be a scientific recorder of the wonders of the Eastern Archipelago, and I have not attempted to figure as such, but have merely tried to put down, as simply as possible, some account of five and twenty years spent among its islands: Yet I venture to hope that the story of my life will not be devoid of some information, and there are two topics on which I can claim to speak with an intimate know ledge, and on one of which I feel bound to record my testimony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
American Burial Ground
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Author : Sarah Keyes
language : en
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Release Date : 2023-12-19
American Burial Ground written by Sarah Keyes and has been published by University of Pennsylvania Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-12-19 with History categories.
In popular mythology, the Overland Trail is typically a triumphant tale, with plucky easterners crossing the Plains in caravans of covered wagons. But not everyone reached Oregon and California. Some 6,600 migrants perished along the way and were buried where they fell, often on Indigenous land. As historian Sarah Keyes illuminates, their graves ultimately became the seeds of U.S. expansion. By the 1850s, cholera epidemics, ordinary diseases, and violence had remade the Trail into an American burial ground that imbued migrant deaths with symbolic power. In subsequent decades, U.S. officials and citizens leveraged Trail graves to claim Native ground. Meanwhile, Indigenous peoples pointed to their own sacred burial grounds to dispute these same claims and maintain their land. These efforts built on anti-removal campaigns of the 1820s and 30s, which had established the link between death and territorial claims on which the significance of the Overland Trail came to rest. In placing death at the center of the history of the Overland Trail, American Burial Ground offers a sweeping and long overdue reinterpretation of this historic touchstone. In this telling, westward migration was a harrowing journey weighed down by the demands of caring for the sick and dying. From a tale of triumph comes one of struggle, defined as much by Indigenous peoples' actions as it was by white expansion. And, finally, from a migration to the Pacific emerges instead one of a trail of graves. Graves that ultimately undergirded Native dispossession.
Australians And The Gold Rush
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Author : Jay Monaghan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date :
Australians And The Gold Rush written by Jay Monaghan and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Instructional Resources For Teaching First Person Histories
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Author : Tamera Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Capstone
Release Date : 2014-01-01
Instructional Resources For Teaching First Person Histories written by Tamera Bryant and has been published by Capstone this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Open readers’ eyes to U.S. history using firsthand accounts from children who lived through it. The diaries of the First Person Histories set span several key times in American history, from colonial times to the Civil War. History has never felt more alive!
Catalogue Of Books In The South End Branch Library Of The Boston Public Library
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Author : Boston Public Library. South End Branch
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
Catalogue Of Books In The South End Branch Library Of The Boston Public Library written by Boston Public Library. South End Branch and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Library catalogs categories.
Property Rights In The Colonial Era And Early Republic
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Author : James W. Ely
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1997
Property Rights In The Colonial Era And Early Republic written by James W. Ely and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Eminent domain categories.
With Golden Visions Bright Before Them
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Author : Will Bagley
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2012-10-01
With Golden Visions Bright Before Them written by Will Bagley and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-01 with History categories.
During the mid-nineteenth century, a quarter of a million travelers—men, women, and children—followed the “road across the plains” to gold rush California. This magnificent chronicle—the second installment of Will Bagley’s sweeping Overland West series—captures the danger, excitement, and heartbreak of America’s first great rush for riches and its enduring consequences. With narrative scope and detail unmatched by earlier histories, With Golden Visions Bright Before Them retells this classic American saga through the voices of the people whose eyewitness testimonies vividly evoke the most dramatic era of westward migration. Traditional histories of the overland roads paint the gold rush migration as a heroic epic of progress that opened new lands and a continental treasure house for the advancement of civilization. Yet, according to Bagley, the transformation of the American West during this period is more complex and contentious than legend pretends. The gold rush epoch witnessed untold suffering and sacrifice, and the trails and their trials were enough to make many people turn back. For America’s Native peoples, the effect of the massive migration was no less than ruinous. The impact that tens of thousands of intruders had on Native peoples and their homelands is at the center of this story, not on its margins. Beautifully written and richly illustrated with photographs and maps, With Golden Visions Bright Before Them continues the saga that began with Bagley’s highly acclaimed, award-winning So Rugged and Mountainous: Blazing the Trails to Oregon and California, 1812–1848, hailed by critics as a classic of western history.
The Publishers Trade List Annual
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
The Publishers Trade List Annual written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with American literature categories.