Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country

Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country
Title Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country PDF eBook
Author Faren Maree Bachelis
Publisher Pelican Publishing
Pages 296
Release 1987-01-01
Genre Travel
ISBN 9781455610280

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"What a fabulous idea! This very rich part of our country has so much to offer visitors. This guide will really make their journey so much more interesting." -Joan Lunden, former Good Morning America co-host and Sacramento native "Useful and comprehensive . . . a good reference for any visitor or resident." -Phil Isenberg, former mayor of Sacramento "This excellent guide succeeds admirably . . . a wealth of information." -James E. Henley, executive director, Sacramento History Center and Museum and History Division Rich in history and nineteenth-century charm, the California capital and the surrounding Sacramento Valley offer adventures for every traveler's taste. This guidebook covers virtually every aspect of this fascinating area, including Old Sacramento, highlights of the Gold Country, and Sacramento Valley, as well as a comprehensive restaurant and hotel listing. For an unforgettable vacation in and around Sacramento, take along the Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country.

The Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country

The Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country
Title The Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country PDF eBook
Author Faren Maree Bachelis
Publisher Pelican Publishing
Pages 280
Release 1987
Genre Travel
ISBN 9780882894973

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There's gold in them there hills! . . . And so much more to see and do in Sacramento and the gold country. In-depth accounts and descriptions of the region's colorful history, its rich cultural heritage, and the people who started it all make The Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country an essential companion for travelers and residents like. The gold rush, the Victorian era, the history of the railroad, and more can be relived through the museums and restored historical buildings in the area. For the outdoor adventurer, whitewater rafting on the American River, spelunking tours through huge caverns, and champagne flights in hot-air balloons are just a few of the attractions this region offers. Also, rafting instructors offer special expeditions for the handicapped along the Independence River Trail and the American River. Sacramento's Dixieland Jazz Festival tops the list of annual events in the area. Visitors can also enjoy the Courtland Pear Festival, the Jumping Frog Jubilee in Calaveras County, the Fiddletown Fiddler's Contest, and various ethnic festivals. Listings of restaurants, galleries, performing-arts centers, lively bars, and hotel accommodations complete this extensive guide. Explore one of America's most diverse and inviting regions with The Pelican Guide to Sacramento and the Gold Country . Faren Maree Bachelis is a freelance writer and editor. She spent three years researching the information for this comprehensive volume.

La Gente

La Gente
Title La Gente PDF eBook
Author Lorena V. Márquez
Publisher University of Arizona Press
Pages 305
Release 2020-10-27
Genre History
ISBN 0816541132

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La Gente traces the rise of the Chicana/o Movement in Sacramento and the role of everyday people in galvanizing a collective to seek lasting and transformative change during the 1960s and 1970s. In their efforts to be self-determined, la gente contested multiple forms of oppression at school, at work sites, and in their communities. Though diverse in their cultural and generational backgrounds, la gente were constantly negotiating acts of resistance, especially when their lives, the lives of their children, their livelihoods, or their households were at risk. Historian Lorena V. Márquez documents early community interventions to challenge the prevailing notions of desegregation by barrio residents, providing a look at one of the first cases of outright resistance to desegregation efforts by ethnic Mexicans. She also shares the story of workers in the Sacramento area who initiated and won the first legal victory against canneries for discriminating against brown and black workers and women, and demonstrates how the community crossed ethnic barriers when it established the first accredited Chicana/o and Native American community college in the nation. Márquez shows that the Chicana/o Movement was not solely limited to a handful of organizations or charismatic leaders. Rather, it encouraged those that were the most marginalized—the working poor, immigrants and/or the undocumented, and the undereducated—to fight for their rights on the premise that they too were contributing and deserving members of society.

The Gold Seekers

The Gold Seekers
Title The Gold Seekers PDF eBook
Author Nancy Roberts
Publisher Univ of South Carolina Press
Pages 210
Release 2013-06-12
Genre History
ISBN 1611173604

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A history of the earlier Southern gold rush and its legends that—for the first time—ties it to the well-known California gold rush of 1849. Nancy Roberts tells how it all began in North Carolina, which supplied all the domestic gold coined at the US Mint between 1804 and 1828. She tells the story of the discovery of the gold in Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama and later in California and Colorado, including how the Virginia, Carolina and Georgia gold miners abandoned their mines within weeks after news arrived of the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Creek. And, for a while, they were said to be the only experienced miners in the Western gold fields. Ms. Roberts recreates with gusto and suspense the experiences of real people—the adventurers and entrepreneurs, family men and rascals, immigrants and bandits, entertainers and miners—and also includes several tales of the supernatural from the period. There was North Carolina’s flamboyant Walter George Newman, who fleeced the wolves of Wall Street; “Fool Billy,” who South Carolinians discovered was not a fool at all; a romantic specter called Scarlett O’Hara of the Dorn Mine; Georgian Green Russell, with his beard braided like a pirate, who founded Denver; “Free Jim,” the only black man in Dahlonega to own his own gold mine only to leave it for San Francisco; the Grisly Ghost of Gold Hill; a general from North Carolina who became an influential Californian; the ghost bride of Vallecito; and California’s bandit, the enigmatic Black Bart.

West Coast Review of Books

West Coast Review of Books
Title West Coast Review of Books PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 800
Release 1986
Genre Books
ISBN

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The Cumulative Book Index

The Cumulative Book Index
Title The Cumulative Book Index PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 2168
Release 1989
Genre American literature
ISBN

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A world list of books in the English language.

New Arrivals in Californiana

New Arrivals in Californiana
Title New Arrivals in Californiana PDF eBook
Author
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Release 1984
Genre Archives
ISBN

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