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 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...
This work has been catalyzed by support from the Department of Water Resources (DWR). With DWR’s support, the PERCH Project is comparing historic ponds with an experimental population in the Dutch Slough tidal restoration project, to understand what conditions may support new perch introductions el...
In the nineteenth century, West Marin’s year-round grasses and cool maritime temperatures made it the most productive dairy land in California. By the late 1800s, it was a center of agricultural production for San Francisco, which, as a result of the Gold Rush, had become a financial hub...
Then I handed her a poster that I had done of Casey Abrams that showed all the bright colors, explaining that it was OK to give him a green face and purple hair. I’m not sure how much of what I said sunk in with Gabby. My guess is that she would be light years ahead of me ...