Title: Dubuque during the California gold rush
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.
Subjects: Gold discoveries, Gold miners, Internal Migration, Biography, History, Miners, Migration, internal, Iowa, history, California, gold discoveries, Iowa, biography
Places: Dubuque (Iowa), Iowa, California, Dubuque
Time periods: 19th century