Illustration: cover of "Harper’s Weekly," Volume 23, 4 January 1879.

Christmas Letters (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on December 26, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry shares a Christmas letter written by the daughter of a California Gold Rush 49er in 1879 when she was 15... (Read More)

Photo: 1852 image of 23 miners at a California placer operation (colorized). Credit: Western Mining History.

Letters from California Gold Rush ‘49er’ (part 5)

By Melissa Berry on November 28, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells more stories about the California Gold Rush, based on letters a “49er” gold prospector wrote... (Read More)

Photo: a group of miners. Courtesy of the California Historical Society.

Letters from California Gold Rush ‘49er’ (part 4)

By Melissa Berry on September 19, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues telling stories about the California Gold Rush, based on letters some “49er” gold prospectors wrote... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Sluice"; hydraulic mining for gold in California. Published in "The Century" illustrated monthly magazine, January 1883. Credit: Henry Sandham; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

Letters from California Gold Rush ‘49er’ (part 3)

By Melissa Berry on September 8, 2023

Melissa Berry continues with stories about the California Gold Rush based on letters a 49er, Francis Nicholson, wrote to his fiancée, Elizabeth Charles... (Read More)

Photo: river mining for gold on the North Fork of the American River, California, ca.1853. Credit: George H. Johnson; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Letters from California Gold Rush ‘49er’ (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on September 6, 2023

Melissa Berry tells more stories about the California Gold Rush, based on letters a 49er, Francis Nicholson, wrote to his fiancée, Elizabeth Charles... (Read More)

Photo: prospectors working gold placer deposits on 9 July 1850 during the California Gold Rush. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Letters from California Gold Rush ‘49er’ (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on August 15, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells stories about the California Gold Rush, based on letters a 49er wrote to his fiancée... (Read More)

Our Ancestors & the California Gold Rush (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on July 25, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about the California Gold Rush, focusing on John Sutter... (Read More)

Our Ancestors & the California Gold Rush (part 1)

By Melissa Berry on July 21, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the California Gold Rush and one man in particular: Sam Brannan... (Read More)

On This Day, California Gold Rush: Gold Found at Sutter’s Mill

By Tony Pettinato on January 24, 2019

An article about James Marshall discovering gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, on 24 January 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush... (Read More)

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