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A taste of gold fever in Solano / Bowen, Jerry [140] [WAYITWAS-2002-140]
The allure of gold and silver goes back a long way. An ancient culture in the area of today's Eastern Europe began roughly 6,000 years ago to use gold to fashion decorative objects. The gold probably was mined in the Transylvanian Alps or in the Mount Pangaion area of Thrace.
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Many catch fever for gold in California / Delaplane, Kristin [375] [ECHOS-1998-375]
The 50th anniversary of the discovery of gold in California was celebrated in 1898, and this year is the 150th anniversary of the same event. The event was celebrated in San Francisco in 1898 with a Mining Fair. This included a diversified program for all attending.
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Lyons gold mine with crew..
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Wagon train finally reaches gold country / Bowen, Jerry [625] [WAYITWAS-2006-625]
In my last installment of James Pleasants' trek to California, the wagon train members were able to gather scant water for themselves at Rabbit Springs - also known as Rabbit Hole Springs - and began making their way across a portion of the Black Rock Desert.
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Three men in front of Lyon's gold mine in Nevada near Elko
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First gold, then a future brought Chinese to the area / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [569] [WAYITWAS-2005-569]
Large numbers of Chinese men flocked to California around 1850, attracted by the Gold Rush and the hope of earning enough money to return to China, buy land there and raise their families.
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Gold Rush lured family to California / Goerke-Shrode, Sabine [199] [WAYITWAS-2004-199]
Luzena Stanley Wilson and her husband, Mason Wilson, are two names that resonate through Vacaville's early history. The couple arrived in California with their two toddlers in 1849, attracted by the Gold Rush. They experienced the hardships of the rough society of Sacramento and Nevada City before finally settling in the fertile Vaca Valley in 1851.
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