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Gold rush saints : California Mormons and the great rush for riches
- Title
- Gold rush saints : California Mormons and the great rush for riches / by Kenneth N. Owens.
- Author
- Owens, Kenneth N.
- Publication
- Spokane, Wash. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004.
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- Description
- 396 p. : ill., map; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Kingdom in the West ; v. 7
- Uniform Title
- Kingdom in the West ; v. 7.
- Subject
- Mormons > California > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-384) and index.
- Contents
- "For the coming of the church": the Brooklyn saints arrive in California -- "Return to California and go to work": the battalion veterans follow church counsel -- "Gold, boys, gold": Mormon beginnings of the California gold rush -- "I certainly never made money so fast": mining at Mormon Island and Natomas Diggings -- "We left the gold fields of California": opening the Carson Pass Wagon Road -- "Greedy after the things of this world": Brigham Young's California gold rush policy -- "The whole country was agog with excitement": Mormon mining, farming, trade, and travel in the gold country -- "To defend yourselves against all our foes": The LDS reformation, the Utah War, and the summons to Zion -- "We are the men that developed the resources of the Pacific Coast": the forgotten heritage of California's gold rush saints.
- Call Number
- IXG 10-7340
- ISBN
- 0870623362 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780870623363 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004010657
- OCLC
- 55124707
- 55124707
- Author
- Owens, Kenneth N.
- Title
- Gold rush saints : California Mormons and the great rush for riches / by Kenneth N. Owens.
- Imprint
- Spokane, Wash. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004.
- Series
- Kingdom in the West ; v. 7Kingdom in the West ; v. 7.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-384) and index.
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- Other Form:
- Online version: Owens, Kenneth N. Gold rush saints. Spokane, Wash. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004 (OCoLC)607533901Online version: Owens, Kenneth N. Gold rush saints. Spokane, Wash. : Arthur H. Clark Co., 2004 (OCoLC)609134160
- Research Call Number
- IXG 10-7340