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George Hearst & Mark Twain in the Comstock
George Hearst's lifelong friendship with the young Mark Twain was forged in that great melting pot known as the Comstock. Technically located in Nevada…
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Alexandra Sokoloff
Chinese medicine: Dr. Yee saves Jane Stanford's life
After the Gold Rush, Chapter 50
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Ambrose Bierce and Asbury Harpending at the Battle of Shiloh
California History After the Gold Rush
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The Stanfords and the Chinese Question
Jane and Leland Stanford were deeply problematic people. Jane is not by any means any kind of heroine to me. But I find her fascinating. As with all…
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Ted & Anna Judah in Civil War Washington
In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians were locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would…
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Jessie Frémont petitions Lincoln for Emancipation
Lincoln was far slower to move on Emancipation than many of his allies urged—including political power couple Jessie Benton Frémont and John C. Frémont…
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Chapter 40 - Ted & Anna Judah vs. the Associates on the Transcontinental Railroad
In the decade before the Civil War, Northern and Southern politicians locked in a fierce battle over the proposed routes of a railroad that would cross…
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Ina Coolbrith, John Rollin Ridge
In the decades after the Gold Rush, poet and journalist Ina Coolbrith was probably the best known female writer in California.
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