Details

Subject(s)

• Gold miners—Correspondence—19th century—California [Browse]
• Gold mines and mining—19th century—California [Browse]
• Overland journeys to the Pacific [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Clippings (information artifacts)—19th century [Browse]
• Letters—1849-1850 [Browse]
• Scrapbooks—19th century [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1846-1850

Restrictions note

The collection is open for research.

Summary note

Consists of a scrapbook compiled by Daniel Gano, documenting the California Gold Rush (1849-1850), including his son Stephen's journey to the gold fields of California and his subsequent experiences in "the diggings" there. "Images of this collection are available online at Digital PUL .

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