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California -- Gold discoveries -- 19th century.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bolivar G. Krepps Letters

 Collection
Identifier: M1618
Scope and Contents

Collection contains letters home to his mother, Mrs. C.S. Krepps, and sister. Also, two letters from Joseph Troth telling of Krepps' death from typhoid fever. Collection also available on microfilm (C MSS Mflm53)

Dates: May 11-December 10, 1849, 1850

Jacob Pindell Prickett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: WH496
Scope and Contents

Collection contains a scrapbook with newspaper clippings of stories written by Prickett: one series recounts an overland trip to California (1854); also includes the series: "Early mining days in the gold fields of California." Both series written under the by-line: A Gold-seeker. Collection also available on microfilm (C MSS Mflm94).

Dates: 1904-1905