California Gold Rush
On Januaury 24th, 1848, James Wilson Marshall found gold in a mill race in Sutter's Mill in California. Word soon got out and it wasn't long before thousands of people from all over the United States and beyond flocked to California to seek their fortunes. The rush lasted until 1855 and because of it San Francisco grew into a proper town and California was admitted as a free state into the United States of America.
Paul Robert Walker
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 7 to 9
Kingfisher, 2011
ISBN: 978-0753465127
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Julie Ferris
Nonfiction
For ages 10 and up
Kingfisher, 1999
ISBN: 978-0753452189
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Pat Derby
Historical Fiction
For ages 12 and up
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004
ISBN: 978-0374399610
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Jean F. Blashfield
Nonfiction
For ages 7 to 9
Compass Point Books, 2001
ISBN: 0756500419
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Todd Olson
Illustrator: Scott Allred
Historical Fiction
For ages 10 and up
National Geographic, 2008
ISBN: 1426303157
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Matt Doeden
Illustrator: Ron Frenz , Charles Barnett III
Nonfiction Graphic Novel
SeriesFor ages 7 to 10
Capstone Press, 2006
ISBN: 0736843701
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Rosalyn Schanzer
Nonfiction Picture Book
For ages 10 and up
National Geographic, 2007
ISBN: 978-1426300400
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