Gold Rush Saints: California Mormons and the Great Rush for RichesFrom 1846 to 1857 Mormons played a crucial role in shaping events in California and the West. They were the first American settlers of San Francisco, and without them, John Sutter might not have built his sawmill and thus discovered gold in 1848. In Gold Rush Saints, Kenneth N. Owens combines narrative history and documentary accounts to reveal a hidden wealth of California and Mormon history. The first-person accounts of pioneer Mormons, both men and women, offer new perspectives on myths and realities of gold rush California. |
Contents
Contents | 10 |
Acknowledgments | 17 |
Introduction | 23 |
MINING AT MORMON ISLAND AND NATOMAS DIGGINGS | 125 |
WE ARE THE MEN THAT DEVELOPED THE RESOURCES | 351 |
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The Editor 397 | |
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