1846-1850

In 1848, fifteen-year-old Phoebe Brown disguises herself as a boy and runs away with her friend Robbie Robson to join in the California gold rush and, after many adventures, they eventually find themselves running a restaurant in San Francisco.

James Frazier Reed, one of the leaders of the Donner Party, sets off with his family in a covered wagon known as the Palace Car, planning to travel to California in style, but he is exiled from the group after a fight with a drover, and goes on ahead, only to find himself separated from his wife and children who are trapped in sudden snow storms.

"Read about when gold was discovered in California, and how this triggered one of the most amazing migrations in history"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the 1848 Gold Rush, focusing on how the migration of more than ten percent of the American population to California's gold fields influenced the history and development of the nation.

Offers an account, in graphic novel format, of the California Gold Rush. Includes a time line, a map, and a glossary.

A cabin boy on a pirate ship finds himself in San Diego in 1846 as war breaks out between the U.S. and Mexico.

Profiles the man called one of California's most important founding fathers, who fought for the rights of the Native Americans there while paving the way for California to join the United States.

Examines the thrills and disappointments of the nineteenth-century rush for gold in California, during which people abandoned their jobs and homes and headed west in hopes of becoming rich.

Describes adventures and disasters in the lives of people who rushed to the gold mines of California in 1848 and explains how this event sparked the state's development.

A simple introduction to the gold rush in California in the mid-nineteenth century that discusses early discoveries, the United States' occupation of California in the 1840s, the route gold seekers took west, the life of a miner, and discrimination in mines; and includes a glossary, a time line, and illustrations.