Gold Rush Ghosts Of Placerville Coloma Georgetown

Author : Linda J. Bottjer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 162584994X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gold Rush Ghosts of Placerville, Coloma & Georgetown written by Linda J. Bottjer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fueled by the dream to strike it rich, prospectors flocked to California during the gold rush. Yet the harsh lifestyle and backbreaking work led many to early graves. Join author Linda Bottjer on a tour through Gold Country's most chilling--and true--haunted tales. Tales such as the hangman of Placerville, whose distinctive wheeze is a sign of his continued presence. Or the Georgetown miner whose unrequited love for a much younger lady of the night finds him still pining for her in death as he did in life. And in Coloma, the ghost of James Marshall is said to dwell on the lonely hilltop where his cabin and monument now stand. These stories, and many others, capture the ghostly spirit of Gold Country.

Author : Nancy Roberts
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611173604
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Gold Seekers written by Nancy Roberts and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2013-06-12 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the earlier Southern gold rush and its legends that—for the first time—ties it to the well-known California gold rush of 1849. Nancy Roberts tells how it all began in North Carolina, which supplied all the domestic gold coined at the US Mint between 1804 and 1828. She tells the story of the discovery of the gold in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama and later in California and Colorado, including how the Virginia, Carolina and Georgia gold miners abandoned their mines within weeks after news arrived of the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Creek. And, for a while, they were said to be the only experienced miners in the Western gold fields. Ms. Roberts recreates with gusto and suspense the experiences of real people—the adventurers and entrepreneurs, family men and rascals, immigrants and bandits, entertainers and miners—and also includes several tales of the supernatural from the period. There was North Carolina’s flamboyant Walter George Newman, who fleeced the wolves of Wall Street; “Fool Billy,” who South Carolinians discovered was not a fool at all; a romantic specter called Scarlett O’Hara of the Dorn Mine; Georgian Green Russell, with his beard braided like a pirate, who founded Denver; “Free Jim,” the only black man in Dahlonega to own his own gold mine only to leave it for San Francisco; the Grisly Ghost of Gold Hill; a general from North Carolina who became an influential Californian; the ghost bride of Vallecito; and California’s bandit, the enigmatic Black Bart.

Author : Nathan W Boroff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gold Rush Ghost in Sacramento written by Nathan W Boroff and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Dolsters moved into their new home in Sacramento, California, they knew that the house used to be a general store during the Gold Rush. They could never have known that the ghost of the original store owner was still in the attic.It is now up to Mark Dolster, the youngest of the family, to help unravel the ghost's past and help him move on from his haunt. With the help of his older brother, a ghost-hunting professor, a medium, and a mysterious journal only he can read, will Mark be able to solve the puzzle behind this Gold Rush ghost?

Author : George Koenig
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghosts of the Gold Rush written by George Koenig and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy Bradley
Publisher : Borderland Sciences Research
ISBN 13 : 9780945685067
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gold Rush Ghosts written by Nancy Bradley and published by Borderland Sciences Research. This book was released on 1990 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nancy K Williams
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625849710
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted Hotels of the California Gold Country written by Nancy K Williams and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this historic region of northern California, there are hotels where some guests never checked out—even after death . . . Step across the threshold of a haunted hotel in California’s renowned Gold Country and encounter phantom figures of yesteryear. Wispy apparitions of gentleman guests in Victorian coats and ladies in fashionable flapper gowns glide through the walls, while unexplained sobs and choking gasps disturb the night. There’s Stan, the Cary House’s eternal desk clerk, and bachelor ghost Lyle, who tidies the Groveland Hotel. Flo tosses pots and pans in the National’s kitchen, while the once-scorned spirit of Isabella ties the Sierra Nevada House’s curtains in knots. From suicidal gamblers to murdered miners, the Mother Lode’s one-time boomtowns are crowded with characters of centuries past. Book your stay with author Nancy Williams as she explores the history and haunts of the Gold Country’s iconic hotels. Includes photos!

Author : Joanne Mattern
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780329632397
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Gold Rush! written by Joanne Mattern and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Reginald Gould
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411679687
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gold Miner 49 Er written by Reginald Gould and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about exploring old gold and silver mines in Part One. Part Two is about actual experiences using various recovery equipment to find gold. Part Three is a look at some of the million dollar gold mines from present to the 1800's. Part Four is about new equipment to recover gold from rivers and streams.

Author : Kate Shoup
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502609681
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The California Gold Rush written by Kate Shoup and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 24, 1848, pioneer James W. Marshall discovered gold in central California. When word got out, gold fever set in, drawing hundreds of thousands of pioneers to the state hoping to strike it rich. Discover the circumstances and effects of this event in The California Gold Rush.

Author : Philip Varney
Publisher : Voyageur Press
ISBN 13 : 1610585631
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ghost Towns of California written by Philip Varney and published by Voyageur Press. This book was released on 2012-07-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost Towns of California is a guidebook to the state's best boomtowns. Once thriving, these abandoned mining camps and pioneer villages still ring with history. Ghost town expert Philip Varney equips you with everything you need to know to explore these remnants of the past. Featured are color maps, driving and walking directions, town histories, touring recommendations, and stunning color photography of 70 sites, including the famous Bodie. Come see where it all started at the mother lode, and trace the great migration throughout the region. Visit the northern mines and the ghosts of San Francisco Bay, the Eastern Sierra, Death Valley, and the Mojave Desert. This is the essential guidebook to the glory days of the Old West!