Dubuque during the California gold rush
Subtitle: when the midwest went west
By: Robert F. Klein
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
ISBN-13: 9781609494919
Subjects: Gold discoveries; Gold miners; Internal Migration; Biography; History
Description: "In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure and nightmare they would struggle to explain to those who remained on the homefront."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Dubuque: the early years; title: Zounds! Ezra, there be gold in California; title: Scratch where it itches; title: Goin' to git my gold; title: Except for the gold, not as good as Iowa; title: By sea to the gold fields; title: Overland to the land of gold: George Asbury Madeira and family cross the plains; title: A woman's perspective: the experience of Mary Elmira Morrison; title: After the dust had settled; title: "Sorry Elmira...not so much"; title: The Dubuque forty-niners.