The Luck of Roaring Camp, short story by Bret Harte, published in 1868 in the Overland Monthly, which Harte edited. “The Luck” is a baby boy born to Cherokee Sal, a fallen woman who dies in childbirth at Roaring Camp, a California gold rush settlement.
Thomas Cavendish, privateer, sailed from England for Spanish colonies. He intended to raid Spanish ports and ships in the Pacific then return home by circumnavigating the globe. He returned home two years later, 27 years old and laden with treasure. Gold Rush in 1847 James Marshall left Sutter...
The area was rugged and remote and the Indigenous peoples’ lives there were generally not disrupted by settlers until the California Gold Rush of the 1850s and 1860s brought white men in droves searching for fortune. The result was the decimation of those groups, particularly the Yana and the...
The attacks caused NCR citizens (and others who held NCR currency) to panic, resulting in a rush to reclaim the listed face value of currency from NCR's gold reserves. Inability to do this at several locations (especially near the periphery of NCR territory where reserves were normally low)...
The poster went on to say: “Know the Hands That Feed You” the advertising goes… Those hands are brown. They are the hands of campesinos …who dig the soil; birth, feed, and milk the cows; …make the local artisan cheeses; and seed, harvest, shuck, and pack the shellfish for ...
The Pre-War Surfing Photographs of Don James – 1998 Exhibition Poster Sale price$3,500.00 + Add to cart 1970s Brass Surfer Belt Buckle and Leather Strap Sale price$250.00 + Add to cart Early 1930s Balsa Redwood Surfboard Sale price$11,000.00 ...
Promotional poster for Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys. Photo credit: IMDb From the depths of a murky lake, a slimy eel-like creature emerges, slithering and writhing. With a gaping, circular mouth lined with rows of needle-sharp teeth spiraling inward, it locks in on its target...
California would be recognized as a U.S. territory and by 1848 gold would be discovered at Sutter’s Mill which would harken a rush of gold-seekers that was unparalleled in American history. Everyone wanted to strike it rich by finding their fortune in the...
Rooms start from a little more than $100 and feature four-poster beds, wood furniture, complimentary breakfasts, and tea and sherry in the parlor every evening. The Inn on Castro, in San Francisco's colorful Castro neighborhood, is another value-packed option. The inn features just eight ...
Extracurricular activities are included in the school curriculum and it is so helpful to no longer have to rush Liv to private swimming lessons and spend hours in traffic. Liv has started a new hobby on weekends, in French it’s called le roller. So many Parisiens skate, I bought her ...