General Sutter and the California Gold Rush Legend
The history traces Captain Sutter’s arrival in 1839 at the Sacramento River, the founding of Sutter Fort and Sutterville, and his rise to wealth through Fort Ross and Russian holdings. It describes the 1848 gold discovery by James Marshall, the ensuing rush, Sutter’s losses, and his final years ending in poverty after exile to the East.
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Crescent
Sutter
Lititz
California
Sacramento
West
Mark Twain
Bret Harte
Joaquin Miller
Dana
Burro
Junipero Serra
San Diego
Monterey
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Sacramento River
America River
Alvarado
Sutter Fort
Fremont
Kit Carson
Sitka
Fort Ross
Bodega
Russia
Gratest
Sutterville
General Sutter
Pacific Coast
James W. Marshall
American River
Coloma
Marshall
Hangtown
Placerville
Mormon Island
Sutter's Creek
Hock Farm
Sought to Enhance Charms in Roman Beauty Regimen
The Roman toilette was a major affair with Greek slave aides and courtly diversions during its lengthy process. Elaborate tools included burnished bronze mirrors and scent bottles alongside rouge and whitening sets, with male commentators often condemning charm yet failing to resist it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mosquito Nets Not a Modern Invention
Col Sir Patrick Heli notes mosquito nets have ancient roots citing Herodotus and Roman writers. He describes early uses by Egyptians near marshes and references old terms like conopeum. The piece highlights long-standing awareness of nets as protection from bites and malaria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Heli
India
Herodotus
Varro
Horace
Juvenal
Propertius
Paulus Silemarius
Torace
Kansas Driver Missing From New York Traffic Record
A New York City traffic officer reports he has recorded licenses from every U S state except Kansas while monitoring Fifth Avenue intersections. He notes out of town drivers frequently violate rules and seeks a Kansan to complete his list.
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Kansas
Fifth Avenue
New York
Union
Porto Rico
Erik the Red and the Greenland Quest Unfolds
The tale follows Erik Rufus nicknamed The Rei who fled Norway to Teeland to escape a murder charge. He sailed to Greenland after a failed clash in Iceland and claimed a green country with cattle and game. His settlement grew to about 200 before vanishing in the fifteenth century with unknown fate.
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Erik Rufus
Greenland
Teeland
Erik
Iceland
Tceland
Greesland
Ferik
Scotland Vindicated in a New York Golf Store Oddity
A Scottish golfer visits a New York shop to test a driver. The clerk and manager question a brass club that feels off balance. The shopper whispers that the hollow handle holds two drinks, declaring the club the best in the bag.
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Scotland
New York
Bill
Pele
Wreckers Plot to Take Over a Railroad and Boardroom
In Portal City the plotters push a quiet stock purchase to seize Pioneer Short Line. Mr. Chadwick leads a new board, Norcross becomes president, and Upton Van Britt contends with personal loyalties as the scheme unfolds amid rail labor and corporate intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portal City
van Britt
Red Tower
Ate
Chadwick
Chicago
New York
Mountainser
T Ing
Mr. Chadwick
The
Mountaineer
Norcross
Pioneer Short Line
Cular
Maisie Ann
James F. Dodds
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Erik the Red
Q. Norcrogs
Upton van Britt
Upton
Strees
Mr. van Britt
Graham
Collingwood
van ‘Britt
Howie Collingwood
Nevada Avenue
Collere
the Hess
Catherine Bear
Manheim Township
Jd. W. G Hershey
Lititz, Pa
B. F. Kready
Hayden K. Carper
Ada H. Carper
Toseah B. Wissler
Catherine
Becker
Lane. Co
Manheim Boro
Lane, Co
Amos G. Hamaker
South Grant Sh. Manheim
Chudol Company, Inc
Broadway Nework
Miles
Vee
Lea
Hiskers
Tarantella
Tarantbella CO
Pulitzer
P. A
Prince Albert
Reynolds Fobacco Co
Winston-Salem, Ct
Dot Andarlem
Holland
Raezer’s
J. Fred Essig
REAL
Essig
A. Long,d.d.s. Litiez, PA
E. B. Beck
Broap Sr
Strirz Bell
Hershey
Gibbel Conveyancers
Scriveners
Ind Tel
Geo. L. Keith
Lintuln Ave
Frank E. Schnerer
Ind
Bell
Curtis Hensel
Cedar & Main Sts
Penna
Lattte Hiia
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!