The California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties collection contains multiformat ethnographic field collection that includes sound recordings, still photos, drawings and written documents from a variety of European ethnic and English- and Spanish-speaking communities in Northern California.

The California As I Saw It: First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849 - 1900, collection contains 190 books about individual experiences in and on the way to California during and after the Gold Rush.

The California Mission Studies Association is a nonprofit group of historians, archaeologists, architects, preservationists, Native Americans and clerics devoted to the study and survival of the 21 California missions, presidios, adobes, pueblos, asistancias and ranchos dating from 1769.

The California Heritage collection is a "digital" archive containing photographs, pictures, and manuscripts from the collections of the Bancroft Library. It is an "archive" because it offers the public direct access to unique, primary source materials documenting California's rich history "in their original archival context." This is achieved by embedding digital representations of the primary sources directly within the documents -- archival finding aids -- created by the Bancroft Library's curators and ar

California Home Office of Historic Preservation Home About OHP - Staff Contacts State Historical Resources Commission CHRIS - Info Centers Publications and Links Related Links 2002 Governor's Historic Preservation Awards Environmental Review & Compliance Grants & Funding Local Government Preservation Incentives Publications and Forms Registration Programs Survey & Inventory Office of Historic ...

2000 Mission San Juan Capistrano & Purpose Media. All Rights Reserved Site Designed, Hosted & Maintained by Purpose Media ...

A complete compendium on the California Gold Rush ...

The NCWA was created to educate the public about the people and events of the Civil War. The organization presents its living history for the public in many forms, including military encampments, battles, and lectures. ...

Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop 14 Lithographic Views of the California Gold Rush 1850-1857 in PowerPoint (900 Kb) Capt. Sutter tells of the Gold Discovery - 1854 Excerpts of John Sutter's Diaries 1838-1848 An Eyewitness to the Gold Discovery A Rush to the Gold Washings From the California Star Military Governor Mason's Report on the Discovery of Gold William T. Sherman ...

Jefferson, the 51st state is located in the mountain border region of northern CA and southern OR. Jefferson was created to give local people more control of their government.

The California Mission Studies Assn.'s links to an extensive list of California missions Web sites. The interest range of this list extends from 4th grade to university level.

Women in the Gold Rush, Women, Gold Rush, California Gold Rush, California, History, JoAnn Levy Women in the Gold Rush Welcome to the Home Page of the women who saw the elephant -- the women of the California Gold Rush. Woman at Auburn Ravine. Photo courtesy California State Library This page is sponsored by award-winning author and recognized authority on women in the gold rush, JoAnn Levy, ...

2002 California Preservation Conference list of sponsors 2002 Preservation Design Awards list of winners and sponsors Legislative Updates Building Code Issues in Historic Preservation: Selected Case Studies CPF, 1611 Telegraph, Suite 820, Oakland, CA 94612. 510/763-0972. E-mail: cpf_office@californiapreservation.org Web site and contents 1997-2002 by the California Preservation Foundation. Web ...

Enter! The most extensive California Mission site ever! Featuring two histories for each of the twenty-one California Missions, with beautiful color photographs, fascinating black and white sketches, and, for the first time ever, authentic mission music. This music was written in the missions during the late 1700's by the Spanish padres and the Native Americans who lived and worked there. Pages ...

Fine art photography capturing the elusive moods and vanishing landscapes of California's Mother Lode region. Historical letters and photographs.

Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop 14 Lithographic Views of the California Gold Rush 1850-1857 in PowerPoint (900 Kb) Discovery of Gold in California, by Gen. John Sutter Capt. Sutter tells of the Gold Discovery An Eyewitness to the Gold Discovery A Rush to the Gold Washings From the California Star Military Governor Masons Report on the Discovery of Gold William T. Sherman ...

The California Gold Rush In January of 1848, James Marshall had a work crew camped on the American River at Coloma near Sacramento. The crew was building a saw mill for John Sutter. On the cold, clear morning of January 24, Marshall found a few tiny gold nuggets. Thus began one of the largest human migrations in history as a half-million people from around the world descended upon California in ...

Contains new information about the Donner Party and its members.

California Mission Internet Trail This site was awarded a Times Pick by the Los Angeles Times on September 9, 1996. It has also been included in the Blue Web'n Learning Applications Library of best instructional lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools on the Web. CyberFair Project Narrative Numerical Listing: Alphabetical Listing: Speciality Items: #1 San Diego de Alcala, ...

Walk San Francisco's Goldrushtrail, an outdoor museum of San Francisco history ...

The Mojave Desert Heritage & Cultural Association's mission is to research and educate the public with the natural and cultural history of the Mojave Desert regions.

PEOPLE A-C D-H I-R S-Z Sacagawea Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Seguin, Juan Serra, Father Junipero Sheridan, Philip Sherman, William Tecumseh Singleton, Benjamin Pap Sitting Bull Smith, Joseph Stanford, Leland Strauss, Levi Sutter, John Tatanka-Iyotanka (Sitting Bull) Terry, Alfred Turner, Frederick Jackson Udall, Ida Hunt and David King Vallejo, Mariano Vanderbilt, William K. Wells, Emmeline ...

THE VIRTUAL CALIFORNIA GOLD COUNTRY Gold. Gold Mining. Mining Camps. Camp Followers. If you're interested in the California Gold Rush, you've come to the right place, 'cause the virtual tour starts here. Travel along Highway 49 and visit the old mining camps, see the sights and learn their history, all without leaving the comfort of your desktop. Introduction The Mining Camps Gold Rush Players ...

Eastman's Postcards-West, Brochures, photography, advertising, brochures, rack cards, photo books, jefferson territory, postcards, souvenirs, Mt Shasta, Ft Bragg, Mendocino, California, stock photography, prints, photo gallery ...

Academic courses in California History through the De Anza College Social Science Division, Le Petit Trianon, a near-replica of a villa on the grounds of Versailles, which houses the staff, library and archives, exhibitions, and classes ...

The Gold Rush of California: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles by Robert L. Santos California State University, Stanislaus Librarian/Archivist bsantos@toto.csustan.edu Alley-Cass Publications 3912 Tanager Dr. Denair, CA 95316 for California State University, Stanislaus University Archive Turlock, CA 1998 Preface While beginning research on the California Gold Rush for the sesquecentennial, ...

The Carnegie Libraries of California web site is dedicated to preserving these treasures of history, provided by Pat & Bernie Skehan ...

Home Page of the California State Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Come find out about membership eligibility, work of the Society, and locations of California Chapters.

This is the official Web Site for historic and current information about Mission San Miguel, California. Mission San Miguel today still serves the people and community of San Miguel, California - the purpose for which it was founded over 204 years ago ...

This site is dedicated to preserving the history of the railroad. Early pass, signed by E. Van Etten (from Source 1) Its objectives are to: Disseminate what is known about the railroad's ownership, construction, and operation Solicit relevant information from site visitors. Information being updated This site is maintained by Doug Johnson, member of: Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert ...

As the Sun Sets, So Do Our Ways; by Skip Lowry, multi-media. Some traditional ways set during the darkness of the Gold Rush, but they return to us because their value is beyond gold. Copyright Skip Lowry 1999. To learn more, Click Here ...

500 photos of The California Missions, take a Virtual Tour of each mission ...

RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG At dawn on June 14, 1846, thirty-three heavily-armed Americans gathered at the fortified adobe home of General Mariano Vallejo, on the north side of Sonoma's Plaza. These men -- some from the Grigsby-Ide party of settlers, some mountain men and explorers, but all displeased with Mexican rule -- pounded on the adobe door and loudly demanded the General come out and ...

West of the Pacific Coast Highway - US 1 Back to Home Page of West of PCH California's Lighthouses Oregon's Lighthouses Washington's Lighthouses West of PCH - Recommended Reading List Order photos from the West of PCH Photography Collection Copyright 2000 All Rights Reserved Diana Alm Liston - West of PCH All photographs and graphics are the sole property of West of PCH. Images and text may ...

Company F 55th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry Company F, 55th Ohio Veteran Vounteer Infantry Regiment Fort Tejon State Historic Park, August, 1998 Company F, 55th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry An American Civil War Living History Group Company F, 55th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry was formed in September, 1986 at Fort Tejon State Historic Park (about 70 miles north of Los Angeles) as part ...

Adventures in This story was written down in 1958 by my late Great-grandfather, Louis Daniel Spaulding, who, as a young man early in the Twentieth Century, worked at Bob Montgomery's mile-high gold mill in the mining camp of Skidoo, in the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley country. The mill was powered principally by water, which flowed by gravity through a 23-mile pipeline (whence the name ...

Home Index By Subject By Year Biographies The Gift Shop Leland Stanford, Governor of California History of the Stanford mansion in Sacramento. Beyond Capitalism: Leland Stanford's Forgotten Vision, by Lee Altenberg Biography of Leland Stanford from Stanford University Return to top of page ...

Biography of Leland Stanford, Sr., 1824 - 1893, American legend and founder of Stanford University ...

The Sacramento Civil War Round Table, Founded 1961.

Home Capsule History of the California Tax Structure By David R. Doerr David Doerr's history of California tax policy will be assembled in book form, which will be available soon from Cal-Tax. Check this page for more details on ordering this valuable resource! (3-20-2000). ...

An Irish Brigade reenactment group in Ca.

California State Historical Landmarks The state of California has designated nearly 1100 sites as California State Historical Landmarks. I'm in the process of attempting to visit and photograph each of these historic locations. Join me in my journey through the state's historic past... As of 1/21/02, I have been to 970 of the sites. New! 1/21/02 Updated links on 46 pages Updated Mission links ...