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Gold rushes and mining camps of the early American West

by Fisher, Vardis

Additional authors: Co-Author -- Holmes, Opal Laurelhttp://172.16.1.139:8080/cgi-bin/koha/cataloguing/addbiblio.pl?biblionumber=4781#tab9XX

Published by : Caxton Printers (Caldwell, Idaho) Physical details: 466 p. ISBN:34510.

Subject(s): West (U.S.) | West (U.S. |

Year: 1968

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Item type	Current location	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
900 - 999		978 Fis (Browse shelf)	Available	IN Memory of : Robert B. Smith		34510

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Includes Index and Bibliography

Part I. The gold rushes. Fact or fiction: the blend of history and legend ; Gold: what it is and where it is found ; The California gold rush ; The overland journey ; Other gold rushes --
Part II. Life in the camps. The camps and their people ; Transportation ; Food, clothes, and lodging ; Camp culture ; Entertainment ; Girls on the line ; Sports ; Camp angels --
Part III. Crime and justice. Some problems in the camps ; Race prejudice ; Crime and frontier justice ; Frontier judges ; Lawyers, juries, and jails ; The badmen ; The vigilantes --
Part IV. Special characters and situations. Rags to riches and riches to rags ; Display of wealth ; Four adventuresses ; Brave men and cowards ; Duels ; Feuds ; Hoaxes ; Tall tales and lost treasure

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