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Gold Rush
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Bodie State Historic Park 
 This site presents the history and lore of Bodie, California, a former mining town now maintained as a state park. Features a photoessay of the town's buildings and inhabitants, a timeline of major events (beginning in 1859), and a bibliography. Includes tourist information. From a hobbyist. http://www.bodie.com/ Topics: Geology, History, Parks, Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: History, Technology, United States History Last updated Mar 1, 2008 California As We Saw It
Maps, letters, books, and other resources from the archives of the California State Library are used to provide an outline of California history during the Gold Rush. Each item is described in detail with both small and large images of the original. http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/ Topics: Correspondence, History, United States History Last updated Oct 10, 2000 The California Gold Country: Highway 49 Revisited
"Provides a detailed history of how the gold camps were founded, by whom, and how they prospered. Photos of the historic spots & attractions, with directions to them. Gold Country Traveler's information - local museums, lodging, restaurants, schedules of events, and points of interest." The site also has photographs, as well as many links to other sites about the Mother Lode, miners, and other California people and history. http://www.malakoff.com/goldcountry/maintcgc.htm Topics: History, United States History Last updated May 18, 2004 California History Lectures
Audio of seven one-hour lectures on California history topics: California missions, the California Gold Rush, Mark Twain, water delivery systems, Henry J. Kaiser, Governor Hiram Johnson, and the history of the Bancroft Library. The lectures, moderated by the Director of the Bancroft Library, Dr. Charles Faulhaber, were recorded live in the Bancroft and originally broadcast in 2002 and 2003. From the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/info/audiolectures.html Topics: Last updated Aug 3, 2006 The Gold Rush
Geared for classroom use, this site gives brief commentaries on various aspects of the California Gold Rush. It starts with the 1840s and ends with how the mindset of early entrepreneurs shaped California. Features fun facts for children and classroom resources. http://www.isu.edu/~trinmich/ Topics: History, United States History Last updated Nov 9, 2006 The Gold Rush
Companion to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) American Experience program that "tracks the evolution of the [California] Gold Rush from the easy riches of the first few months to the fierce competition for a few good claims." Features a map with major "strikes," timeline, background about people (such as Mexicans and Chinese immigrants) and events, a special feature on Native Americans, and an online role playing game. Also includes a teacher's guide. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/goldrush/ Topics: United States History Last updated Nov 15, 2006 Gold Rush Chronicles
History of the California Gold Rush, including a chronology beginning when Swiss-born John Sutter arrived in the California territory and covering the 1848 discovery of gold by James Marshall and California's admission to the United States in 1850. Features information about towns, mines and mining camps, people, the Pony Express, and more. From a company in the gold country that created a website for El Dorado County, California. http://comspark.com/goldminer-mall/chronicles/ Topics: History Last updated Nov 30, 2005 Gold Rush City: San Francisco in the California Gold Rush
A few selective Web resources and an extensive print bibliography, browsable by source and alphabetically, about San Francisco in the late 1840s through the 1850s and beyond. Includes links to articles about ships buried in landfill, and a local history treatise about a "Californio" family: "To Have But Not to Hold: The Bernals of Early San Francisco and Their Lost Corner of the City." From Greg Pabst, an MA candidate in history and local history buff. http://gregnoevly.home.mindspring.com/welcome.html Topics: History, Nonfiction by Genre, United States History Last updated May 19, 2005 The Gold Rush Trail
Collection of articles about a "month-long trek [in 1998] across the West retracing the steps of the emigrants along the Gold Rush Trail." Features maps, photos, and stories about the overland trail to California and the trails used by miners following the January 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in California. From the website for the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/news/special/pages/1998/08/goldtrail/arcbin/arcdex_0731.shtml Topics: Last updated Jan 4, 2008 Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories
This site presents a virtual tour of the Oakland Museum of California's Gold Rush exhibition, including sections on art, natives and immigrants, a quiz, and curriculum materials for educators. The exhibit includes photographs, artifacts, primary documents, audio files (some in Chinese), and maps. http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/ Topics: History, K-12 Education, Photograph Collections: History, United States History Last updated Dec 27, 2005 How to Pan for Gold
This pamphlet provides basic instructions for panning for gold. Topics include identifying areas in which gold might be present (such as places where streams flow over exposed bedrock), and methods for filling, rocking, swirling, and tilting the pan. Includes illustrations. Opens directly into a PDF document. From the Tennessee Division of Geology, Department of Environment and Conservation. http://www.state.tn.us/environment/tdg/cop/pdf/goldpan.pdf Topics: Geology, United States History Last updated Apr 9, 2008 Marshall Gold Discovery State Historical Park
Park visitor information and a brief history of the gold discovery at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California on January 24, 1848. http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=484 Topics: History, United States History Last updated May 3, 2004 Metaphorical Gold: Mining the Gold Rush for Stories
Lesson plan (for grades 6-8) that allows students to "'min[e]' online databases for primary texts and period photographs, ... [to] explore the Klondike Stampede, and, like [Jack] London, ... glean from their visit sufficient period details to help them create their own narratives based on the Gold Rush." Features links to numerous sites. From EDSITEment, a joint project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and other organizations. http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=433 Topics: United States History Last updated Aug 22, 2007 ReadWriteThink: Gold Was Discovered in California in 1848
Lesson plan and links to related sites for a classroom activity inspired by the discovery of gold in California in January 1848 and the ensuing Gold Rush. The lesson plan invites students to read Gold Rush letters and write fictional letters of their own. From the International Reading Association (IRA) and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). http://www.readwritethink.org/calendar/calendar_day.asp?id=403 Topics: Last updated Jan 4, 2008 Ship of Gold
Essay accompanying a 2001 exhibition that told "the story of the sinking and recovery of the 272-foot long sidewheel steamship the SS Central America ... [in 1857, which was] the worst peacetime disaster at sea in American history ... [claiming] hundreds of lives, and 21 tons of California gold," and contributing to the Panic of 1857. Includes sources, brief information about the physical exhibit, and a printable handout. From the California Historical Society. http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/past_exhibits/shipofgold/story.html Topics: Transportation Last updated Aug 22, 2007 The Virtual Museum of Sutter's Fort
Sutter's Fort is where, in 1848, James Marshall showed Captain John Sutter the gold he had found at Sutter's sawmill on the American River. The oldest restored fort in the United States, it is now part of the California State Park System. Designed for K-12 teachers, the site gives the fort's history, a biography of Sutter, suggested activities, a timeline, bibliography, and many pictures and floor plans showing the fort's past and present. http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/suttersfort/ Topics: History, K-12 Education, Notable People, United States History Last updated Jun 12, 2002 Wayback: Gold Rush!
Aimed at children, this site offers "information about this fascinating moment in American history, looking at Californios, the Spanish-speaking community that had been in California since the mid-1700s; the various routes Forty-Niners took to reach the gold fields, with mixed success; and the overall history of the Gold Rush." Includes a guide for teachers and parents. From PBS Kids. http://pbskids.org/wayback/goldrush/ Topics: History, United States History Last updated May 24, 2004 |
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