- Gen. John Sutter Describes the Beginnings of the Gold Rush
www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html
- Gold Rush Sesquicentennial
Discover the history of the Gold Rush and the birth of California - includes travel and historical resources.
www.calgoldrush.com
- California Gold Rush [ceres.ca.gov]
Important dates and discoveries for the history of the 1848 California Gold Rush, from California's Natural Resources.
ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html
- Oakland Museum: Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories
Offers exhibition features, historical background, fonseca paintings, curriculum materials, and more.
www.museumca.org/goldrush
- Virtual California Gold Country
Travel along Highway 49 and visit the old mining camps, see the sights and learn their history, all without leaving the comfort of your desk.
www.malakoff.com/vcgc.htm
- Land of Glittering Dreams, The
Fine art photography and historicial notes of sites and artifacts from California's mother lode and Northern mines.
www.glittering.com
- Gold, Greed & Genocide
Describes the impact of the Gold Rush on California's native communities and the environment.
www.1849.org
- PBS Online: The Gold Rush
Companion to the PBS special. Includes fun facts and teacher resources.
www.pbs.org/goldrush
- S.S. Central America (3)
dir.yahoo.com/.../California_Gold_Rush/S_S__Central_America
- California Gold Rush
Historical articles, photos, and eyewitness accounts from the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/masonrpt.html
- California Gold Rush Bibliographies
Periodical articles on the California Gold Rush.
wwwlibrary.csustan.edu/bsantos/goldrush/GoldTOC.htm
- Original Voices
Considers the perspectives of the indigenous people of northwestern California during the Gold Rush. Includes curriculum for 8th graders.
www.originalvoices.org
- Women in the California Gold Rush
Diary and letter excerpts from women who participated in the California gold rush, and books about them.
www.goldrush.com/~joann
- California - The Gold Rush
Eyewitness accounts and songs.
www.notfrisco.com/calmem/goldrush/index.html
- Great California Quicksilver Rush
Paper discussing mercury, the New Almaden Mine, and their relation to the Gold Rush.
www.sjsu.edu/depts/commstudies/woz/paper1.html
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