The Great Medicine Road, Part 2 Narratives of the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails 1849 |
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| Editor:
| Tate, Michael L. |
| Contribution by:
| Bagley, Will
Rieck, Richard |
| Series title: | The American Trails Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-87062-437-7 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Imprint: | Arthur H. Clark Company, The |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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During the early weeks of 1848, as U.S. congressmen debated the territorial status of California, a Swiss immigrant and an itinerant millwright forever altered the future state's fate. Building a sawmill for Johann August Sutter, James Wilson Marshall struck gold. The rest may be history, but much of the story of what happened in the following year is told not in history books but in the letters, diaries, journals, and other written recollections of those whom the California gold...
More DescriptionDuring the early weeks of 1848, as U.S. congressmen debated the territorial status of California, a Swiss immigrant and an itinerant millwright forever altered the future state's fate. Building a sawmill for Johann August Sutter, James Wilson Marshall struck gold. The rest may be history, but much of the story of what happened in the following year is told not in history books but in the letters, diaries, journals, and other written recollections of those whom the California gold rush drew west. In this second installment in the projected four-part collection The Great Medicine Road: Narratives of the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails, the hardy souls who made the arduous trip tell their stories in their own words.