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Forty-Niner Profile: Stewart E. Bell
Previous California Gold Rush posts mentioning Stewart E. Bell: “A Pocket Full of Rocks Bring Home” The Ohio 49′ers: Some Stay, Some Return ***** Stewart E. Bell came from good pioneer stock: Stewart … more →
YesterYear Once More
From the Whiskey Tax to the Civil War
wrote 2 weeks ago: In 1791, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and President Washington set in place a tax on … more →
Forty-Niner Profile: Stewart E. Bell
wrote 3 weeks ago: Previous California Gold Rush posts mentioning Stewart E. Bell: “A Pocket Full of Rocks Bring Home” … more →
Forty-Niner Profile: Josiah Roop
wrote 3 weeks ago: Josiah Roop was the son of Joseph Roop, Jr. and Susan Engle. At the link below is some background on … more →
Results of California Gold Production
wrote 3 weeks ago: High Lights of History - By J. Carroll Mansfield Rapid Development of the Pacific Coast The Pony … more →
The Vigilantes
wrote 3 weeks ago: High Lights of History - By J. Carroll Mansfield Lawlessness and Crime Flourished Frequent Killin … more →
Gold Rush: Milan's California Exodus of 1849
wrote 3 weeks ago: Milan, Ohio - 1846 (Image from linked Milan website below) Milan’s California Exodus of 1849. … more →
Government Established in California
wrote 3 weeks ago: High Lights of History - By J. Carroll Mansfield Growth of Gold Production in California Convention … more →
December 5 in history
wrote 1 month ago: On December 5: 63 BC Cicero read the last of his Catiline Orations. 1360 The French Franc was create … more →
Prospecting For Gold
wrote 1 month ago: High Lights of History - By J. Carroll Mansfield Quest For Fortune Rocking the Cradle Pay Dirt Gold … more →
Discovery of Gold in California
wrote 2 months ago: High Lights of History - By J Carroll Mansfield Sutter's Sawmill - January 1848 Valuable Yellow … more →
Gold Rush - Emigrants Reach California
wrote 2 months ago: HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY - By J. Carroll Mansfield The Emigrants Reach California The Long Toilsome J … more →
Emigrant Train - Attack!
wrote 2 months ago: HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY - By J. Carroll Mansfield An Attack on an Emigrant Train The Constant Danger … more →
The Public Has No Options
wrote 3 months ago: Insurance Gold Rush The public has no options and I’m not speaking about the Public Option. I’m a bi … more →
A Holiday to Remember
wrote 4 months ago: A California vacation spells diversity. Everyone knows about California’s top attractions, fr … more →
The California Gold Rush - part 3 - Emigrant Train
wrote 4 months ago: High Lights of History – The Emigrant Train By J. CARROLL MANSFIELD Davenport Democrat and Lea … more →
A New California Gold Rush?
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wrote 4 months ago: Like everyone else, I’ve been amazed at the full page ads in my local newspaper seeking to buy … more →
California Gold Rush - part 2 - The Forty-Niners
wrote 4 months ago: HIGH LIGHTS OF HISTORY – The Forty Niners By J. CARROLL MANSFIELD Davenport Democrat and Leade … more →
The California Gold Rush - part 1
wrote 4 months ago: High Lights Of History was an educational comic series (by James Carroll Mansfield) published for ch … more →
Good Friends Chatting Watercooler Style
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wrote 4 months ago: Back to School 101: What do your kids worry about? Elementary through high school (amazingmoms.com)/ … more →
