In time for the 150th anniversary of the California Gold Rush, this revised and updated edition of The Mother Lode captures this fascinating region in lively text and beautiful photographs. Kristin Wrisley tells the dramatic story of the 1849 Gold Rush while leading readers along a contemporary tour of breathtaking Highway 49. Over 150 images by Charles Moore present the diverse landscapes, ...

Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
Written By: Kristin Wrisley

Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
Written By: Midge Sherwood

More than 200 vintage color postcards provide a unique perspective on the storied past of Fresno County. Postcards dating from as early as 1875 through the 1960s, many of which have never before been publicly available, are paired with brief passages that deftly position each card within its historical context. Many famous Fresno edifices which have long ...

Manufacturer: Linden Publishing
Written By: William B. Secrest

This is the history of an extraordinary family which begins in the early 1800s and continues through six generations to the present time. Part One begins with the first generation in 1814 when we meet Domenico Miniscarchi, Attorney General of Southern Italy. A generation later a Sicilian "Don" joins the family and plays a vital role in the immigration of numerous southern Italian families to ...

Manufacturer: Outskirts Press
Written By: Dominic Sposeto, Sherry Sposeto-Jakey

Modesto's history is exciting and this book draws exclusively on primary written sources to document almost the whole of its first century. This synthesis was compiled by reading news accounts from 1868 onward. The author was particularly interested in traveler's accounts that appeared in long defunct newspapers in what are now backwater towns. Everything that was read was written for an audience ...

Manufacturer: AuthorHouse
Written By: B. J. Osborn

Manufacturer: Stanford Univ Pr
Written By: Margaret Miller Rocq

Manufacturer: Arthur H. Clark Company
Written By: Richard Quebedeaux

Manufacturer: B.H. Waid
Written By: Beverly Hendrickson Waid

Manufacturer: the Author]
Written By: James L Heisterkamp

Manufacturer: Augustan Society
Written By: Rudecinda Lo Buglio