In their 45th podcast, Gena and Jean discuss the impact of the California Gold Rush on the state of California and the rest of the country. The first half includes reflections of personal visits to the region and the second half (Premium subscription required) details more of the people and events surrounding the region and its settlement.
Both podcasts can be accessed from http://genjourneys.podbean.com (photos of Mother Lode Country cemeteries are on the podcasts - both versions).
Photos here are of the Stanislaus River and Mariposa (where there is a marvelous museum). Mariposa is at the southern part of the Gold Rush Country, on the edge of the Stanislaus National Forest and just outside of Yosemite.
Wagon at the Mariposa Museum, Mariposa, CA
copyright 2006 by Judy Wagner, used with permission
Information gathered for this program was derived from both online sources and "hard copy" documents and texts. These are listed below:
Websites
Baumgart, Don. It Was "Difficult
Come" and "Easy Go" in the Gold Fields. http://www.sierracountygold.com/History/BecomingCA_Archive1.html,
2001.
Columbia
Chamber of Commerce. Columbia State
Historic Park. http://www.visitcolumbiacalifornia.com/,
2012.
Koeppel,
Elliot H. The California Gold Country:
Highway 49 Revisited.
http://malakoff.com/goldcountry/index.htm, 2000.
National
Park Service. “California Gold Rush, The.” National
Historic Trail.
http://www.nps.gov/cali/historyculture/gold_rush2.htm
Rocky Mountain Nature Assoc. Fort Laramie and the Forty-Niners,1949. Reprinted 10 March 2003, on
National
Park Service, https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/fola/mattes/index.htm
Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. “Gold Country,” Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Country,
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October 2012.
Stamp mill at the Mariposa Museum, Mariposa, California
copyright 2006 by Judy Wagner, used with permission
Books
Automobile
Club of Southern Calif. The Mother Lode. Los Angeles
Botkin,
B.A. (Ed.). A Treasury of American
Folklore. New York
Bradley,
Nancy, & Robert Reppert. The
Incredible World of Gold Rush Ghosts (the Big Picture).
Kearney, NE: Morris Pub., 2005
Calaveras
County Historical Society. An Album of
the Pioneer Schools of Calaveras County. Fresno ,
CA: Linrose Publishing Co., 1986
Clappe,
Shirley. The Shirley Letters from the
California Mines, 1851-1852. New York: Ballantine
Books, 1949.
Florin,
Lambert. Ghost Towns of the West. New
York: Promontory Press, 1973.
Gudde,
Erwin G. California Place Names: The
Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names,
4th ed. Berkeley , CA :
Univ. of California Press,1949, 1998.
Hafen,
LeRoy, & Ann W. Hafen. Journals of
Forty-niners: Salt Lake to Los Angeles. Lincoln ,
NE : Univ.
of Nebraska Press, 1954, 1998.
Lavender,
David. The History of the Great West. New York Co. , Inc., 1965.
Lawliss,
Chuck. Ghost Towns, Gamblers, and Gold. New
York: Gallery Books, 1985.
Lomax,
Alan. The Folk Songs of North America. Garden
City, NY: Doubleday & Co., Inc., 1960.
Margo,
Elizabeth. Women of the Gold Rush. New
York: Indian Head Books, 1955, 1992.
Mattes,
Merrill J. (Ed.) . Platte River Road
Narratives. Urbana , IL :
Univ. of Illinois Press, 1988.
Pryor,
Alton. Classic Tales in California
History. Roseville , CA
Pryor,
Alton. Little Known Tales in California
History. Roseville , CA
Royce,
Sarah. A Frontier Lady: Recollections of
the Gold Rush and Early California. Lincoln, NE:
Univ. of Nebraska Press,1932, 1977,.
Steber,
Rick. “Miners.” Tales of the Wild West,
Vol. 9. Prineville, OR: Bonanza Pub., 1990.
Stanislaus River, copyright 2006 by Judy Wagner
used with permission
Song on the Premium podcast is "Lonesome, Roving Wolves" (traditional) performed by Jean Wilcox Hibben (playing guitar, dobro, and mandolin) and accompanied by Butch Hibben on saw. All rights reserved.
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