Overview :Biography of Benjamin Norton Bugbey who came to California in 1849 during the Gold Rush. He was elected sheriff of Sacramento County and the... Read More
Overview :Amos P. Catlin, a young New York attorney, sailed to California in 1849 to mine for gold and practice law. He settled at Mormon Island and e... Read More
Overview :The North and South Forks of the American River were sites of industrious gold mining beginning in 1849. Whole communities sprang up to supp... Read More
Overview :Caleb Gibbons is handed a Chinese baby after the Chinese father is killed at a gold mining camp on the river. Caleb and his wife Ruth Anne r... Read More