"Writing from the heart of California's Gold Country, nationally published journalist Don Baumgart has created Becoming California. Join Rattlesnake Dick as he hunts for gold with a six gun. Pay $40 for a sardine, bread, and cheese breakfast in a mining camp. Follow the gold to the nation's capitol where a tea caddie full of nuggets caught the attention of the president and propelled California toward statehood."

Enjoy this series of short stories on the California Gold Rush

Nevada City
Grass Valley
Truckee
Rough and Ready
Penn Valley
Washington

Historic Walking Tours

Museums and Parks

The South Yuba River State Park

Bridgeport Covered Bridge

Cultural History of the South Yuba River Canyon

Empire Mine State Historic Park

Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park

Underground Gold Miners Museum, The
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More History

 County Pioneers

 Idaho-Maryland Mine

The Donner Party

Hydro-Electric Power in Nevada County

Oustomah Lodge of the Odd Fellows

California Gold Country: Deer Creek School's CyberFair Project
California Gold Rush History.This site was compiled by Cathy Mendenhall's 1998 6th Grade Class and is proudly hosted on Nevada County Gold Online's Server. We'd like to thank Cathy for creating such a terrific project to teach local history, and Global School Net for hosting the competition that inspires kids all over the world to discover their local history and make it available on the world wide web for all to see. Deer Creek School's site ranked 2nd in the world (to a school in Rome, Italy) in their division! Congratulations!!!

People
Community
Mining
Transportation
Photo Album
Timeline

Maps of these towns

Related Websites

Nevada County Historical Society

Historic Parks & Museums

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Characters in California Gold Rush History

Lotta Crabtree

Lester Pelton (Deer Creek School Project)

Lyman Gilmore (Deer Creek School Project)

Nellie Pooler Chapman (Deer Creek School Project)

Sarah Davis (Deer Creek School Project