Early California during the '49 Gold Rush Days. More than 150 years
have passed since young Thomas Edwin Farish stepped off a ship's
plank onto the rich California soil to join the pioneers who had
been drawn to California by discovery of gold. But within this book
we can go back in time and experience those pioneer days of the '49
Gold Rush alongside him. Thomas Farish was a pioneer, gold miner, a
politician, an author, and much more, and in the last years of his
life, just prior to his death in 1919, he was the State of Arizona
Historian. He witnessed and was a participant in a time when
vigorous men and women arrived in California with hopes of
fulfilling their dreams of achieving wealth in the days of the '49
Gold Rush. Ownership of the precious gold meant power and
prosperity. But with it came the outlaw and the vigilante, and a
struggle for law and order within pristine territory that was
giving way to the influx of population from around the world. It
was the beginning of commerce as businesses were established, and
trade grew as towns and cities sprung up to meet the needs of the
immigrants. And many found wealth in real estate, commercial
endeavors, as well as in prospecting. It was a time of new
endeavors, new risks, and endless opportunity. Farish paints
exquisitely with words, the challenges, the tragedies, the
sufferings endured, along with the hard work, the legends, the
triumphs and successes of building communities such as San
Francisco, Sacramento, and the many towns in the gold rush area of
Northern California. His reminisces of the events and people who
laid the foundation for the State of California are rich in
history-names like Sutter, Stanford, Huntington, Hearst, Twain,
Bradbury, Baldwin, Crocker, and other prominent figures. Linda
Pendleton, a native Californian, has written an Introduction to
Farish's work.
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