Title: Jersey gold : the Newark Overland Company's trek to California, 1849 /
Authors: Bowen, Margaret Casterline, 1954-; Hiles, Gwendolyn Joslin, 1944-
Year: 2017
Subjects: Newark Overland Company History.; Overland journeys to the Pacific; Pioneers West (U.S.); Pioneers California.; California Gold discoveries.
Contents: Prologue: December 1912 -- Part I. Before 1849 -- Headliners of 1848 -- Doctor, general, president -- From Freeport, Pennsylvania -- Part II. 1849 -- Organization and chaos -- Outsiders -- Farewell -- February 21, 1849 -- March 1, 1849 -- Golden California -- Rolling out -- Scramble to Fort Kearny -- Platte River road -- It's summer -- The divide and the Great Salt Lake -- July arrivals -- Sinking -- The truth about California -- Dead last -- California begins, 1849 ends -- Part III. After 1849 -- Achieving wealth, going home, 1850-1851 -- 1850s: success and loss -- Mechanics, southern hospitality, and disunion -- The Civil War and three 1863 deaths -- Impact and aftermath -- The last scandal -- The last funeral.