Author: KOEPPEL, ELLIOT H.
Title: Columbia California on the Gold Dust Trail
Description: La Habra, CA: Malakoff & Co. Publishing, 2005. 3rd Printing. Stapled wraps. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The original indigenous people in the Columbia region were the Miwok. Rev. John Steele wrote about his time in the gold rush era and about the "Mi-wuk" of Columbia in his memoirs In Camp and Cabin. Within weeks of finding gold in the vicinity of Columbia, thousands of people arrived and the population climbed to 5,000. By 1852, there were 8 hotels, 4 banks, 17 general stores, 2 bookstores, 1 newspaper, 3 churches, and over 40 drinking/gambling establishments. Between 1850 and the early 1900s, $87 million (~$2.47 billion in 2023) in gold was removed from the surrounding hills. In 1851, the local community brass band, a popular institution, greeted the arrival of the first "white woman" in town. Columbia had five cemeteries, including a Boot Hill, where burials were made without markers. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Californiana Elliot H. Koeppel California History Historic Towns Gold Rush California
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Title: Columbia California on the Gold Dust Trail
Description: La Habra, CA: Malakoff & Co. Publishing, 2005. 3rd Printing. Stapled wraps. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized booklet with illustrated cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The original indigenous people in the Columbia region were the Miwok. Rev. John Steele wrote about his time in the gold rush era and about the "Mi-wuk" of Columbia in his memoirs In Camp and Cabin. Within weeks of finding gold in the vicinity of Columbia, thousands of people arrived and the population climbed to 5,000. By 1852, there were 8 hotels, 4 banks, 17 general stores, 2 bookstores, 1 newspaper, 3 churches, and over 40 drinking/gambling establishments. Between 1850 and the early 1900s, $87 million (~$2.47 billion in 2023) in gold was removed from the surrounding hills. In 1851, the local community brass band, a popular institution, greeted the arrival of the first "white woman" in town. Columbia had five cemeteries, including a Boot Hill, where burials were made without markers. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Californiana Elliot H. Koeppel California History Historic Towns Gold Rush California
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 50129
- Book number: 50129
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