Electronic Textbook on the California Gold Rush

                                          By Deborah Gray 

Discovery of Gold by Gen. John A. Sutter

    This website includes a first-hand account of the discovery of gold by John A.

Sutter.  He details the discovery of gold at his Coloma mill which led to the California

Gold Rush in 1848.

Gold Discovery Report of Colonel Mason

    This is the official account of a visit paid to the gold region in July 1848 by Colonel

 Richard Barnes Mason, who  had been appointed to the military command in
 California, and wrote his report for the adjutant-general at Washington. It is dated
 from headquarters at Monterey, August 17, 1848.

California Gold Rush

    This website includes a detailed chronology of the events of the California Gold Rush from the first discovery of gold at Sutter's mill to 1854 when Sacramento becomes the capital of California.

The Gold Rush

    This is a great website filled with tons of information on the California Gold Rush.  It includes classroom resources, fun facts for kids and information on a special PBS

documentary.

THE VIRTUAL CALIFORNIA GOLD COUNTRY

    At this website you can find detailed information on 56 California mining camps-where they

were located and what they were like.

A California Gold Rush Web Site

    This website includes information on the gold fields-their discovery and their geology.

It also includes information on how the Gold rush led to Californias admittance as a state.

Gold Rush Sesquicentennial

    This website includes maps showing the overland and ocean routes people followed to get to the California gold fields.  It also includes information on what life was like in the ming towns-the people, their culture, religion, justice, the food they ate and more!

The Gold Rush of California

    This bibliography consists primarily of articles from scholarly journals and local history

periodicals.  Included are articles directly on the Gold Rush, and also on relevant California topics of the era, such as law, mail service, politics, law, race relations, transportation, water, and others. The articles cover events from January 1848 through December 1855 which is generally acknowledged as the "Gold Rush moment."

Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories, Oakland Museum of California.

    At this website you can take a virtual tour of an exhibition of the California Gold Rush at the Oakland Museum of California.  It also includes the Natives and immigrants view of California.  At this website you can take the Gold Rush Quiz.

A Memoir of the California Gold Rush

    This memoir is an authentic record of one man's experiences during the California Gold Rush of 1849.  The author recounts a long sea voyage from New York to California.