Grass Valley
Title | Grass Valley PDF eBook |
Author | Claudine Chalmers |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780738546971 |
Grass Valley was named for its spring-fed meadows, but its history springs from deep below the soil. An immeasurable wealth of gold lay in ancient river courses, embedded in quartz, or scattered capriciously in surface gravel. Vibrantly entrepreneurial since its inception, Grass Valley echoed with the roar of stamp mills crushing gold-bearing quartz 24 hours a day, every day, for decades. Its mines produced $350 million, and millions more are thought to be buried beneath the modern city. Grass Valley's wealth drew flamboyant stars like Lola Montez and gold-camp-urchin-turned-star Lotta Crabtree. It was here that philosopher Josiah Royce was born and Cherokee writer Yellow Bird (John Rollin Ridge) lived his final days. Grass Valley was often the subject of Alonzo Delano's tales of the gold rush, and more recently, it was the setting and inspiration for Wallace Stegner's best seller Angle of Repose.
Highly Respectable Families
Title | Highly Respectable Families PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Ewart |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | British Americans |
ISBN | 9780933994188 |
Grass Valley History
Title | Grass Valley History PDF eBook |
Author | Grass Valley History Committee (Koosharem, Utah) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 616 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
After the Gold Rush
Title | After the Gold Rush PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph Mann |
Publisher | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 1982 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780804711364 |
A Stanford University Press classic.
Journal
Title | Journal PDF eBook |
Author | California. Legislature |
Publisher | |
Pages | 483 |
Release | 1881 |
Genre | California |
ISBN |
Grass Valley Creek Debris Dam, Trinity County, California
Title | Grass Valley Creek Debris Dam, Trinity County, California PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Mid-Pacific Regional Office |
Publisher | |
Pages | 518 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Environmental impact statements |
ISBN |
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly ... of the Legislature of the State of California ...
Title | Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly ... of the Legislature of the State of California ... PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 990 |
Release | 1881 |
Genre | California |
ISBN |