After the Gold Rush

After the Gold Rush

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Chapter 1
Phoebe Apperson, George Hearst. A thrilling true history of San Francisco and California.
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Chapter 2
Mary Ellen Pleasant
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Enter Mark Twain, running
The Civil War would ultimately bring two fledgling authors to California to make their literary fortune in San Francisco—via quite opposite paths…
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California
“In those days California seemed as remote from the East as the heart of Central Africa.”
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Lincoln "considers" Emancipation
One key to the fight ahead is looking back to see how we ever made social and moral progress in the first place. Studying Abraham Lincoln’s surprisingly…
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Chapter 26: The Election of Lincoln in California
On November 20, San Francisco’s Black community gathered in the AME Zion Hall, awaiting the election returns. When J.J. Moore read out the name of the…
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Say Gay! California History After the Gold Rush: Charles Warren Stoddard
San Francisco journalist and author Charlie Stoddard wrote the first acknowledged American novel about openly gay characters (The Pleasure of His…
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Frederick Douglass and Kendrick Lamar
How 'bout that halftime show?
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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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Chinese medicine: Dr. Yee saves Jane Stanford's life
After the Gold Rush, Chapter 50
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The Civil War begins: Ambrose Bierce at Rich Mountain, 1861
The Civil War would ultimately bring two fledgling authors to California—via quite opposite paths. 25-year-old Samuel Clemens fled to the West to avoid…
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The Election of 1868
“History doesn’t repeat itself. But it often rhymes.” - Mark Twain -- It hardly seems that this election could be more existentially tense or…
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