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This auction is for a very rare and sought for pamphlet titled The Last Of The Mill Creeks and Early Life in Northern California by Sim Moak. This book was printed in Chico California in 1923. As mentioned the book is soft pictorial covers. It is a very rare and sought after title about early California in the goldrush, even rarer is that it is in its original fragile wraps in reasonably good condition. The book measures about 6x9 inches in size and has 48 pages , it is complete. The wraps are in good shape but someone taped the spine and at some point this tape was removed, t is some discoloration as a result, actually it is paper sticking to the wraps. A corner chip is missing from the front cover. The staples are showing rust and discoloration as they are not stapled at the spine more on the paper itself. The interior of the book is very clean. T is no spotting or staining present. T is a small section about an 1/8 th of an inch by 2 inches long excised from the title page. This book is the first and only edition. Probably a libray stamp was removed. The book is complete and has illustrations. In the front are a couple of old dealer catalog tags one from Beverly hills California . The other is more detailed and looks like an Eberstadt listing . It reads: (648) California . Moak S. Trip to California ; early days in the mining camps: Hurdy Gurdy Girls, The Lewis Massacre, the massacre at Workman, the big meadows massacre, other and lighter features of the good old days are also lovingly recalled. These include murders, robberies, shootings and hangings. An interesting early California title. First edition. 8vo. Pictorial blue wrappers, [2], 47 [1] pp., frontis. [portrait]. Early life in Northern California is discussed including pioneers, Indians, massacres, Chinese troubles, ranching, outlaws, events, etc. Also discusses the Mill Creek Indians, a group of Northern California Indians who exhibited hostile tendencies especially towards white settlers. They eventually were defeated in battle. Six Guns 1522 says "Has information about road agents and Black Bart." The California Gold Rush (1848-1855) began on January 24 , 1848 , when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in Coloma . As news of the discovery spread, some 300,000 people came to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. These early gold-seekers, called " forty-niners ," traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly-arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush also attracted tens of thousands from Latin America , Europe , Australia and Asia . At first, the prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning , and later developed more sophisticated methods of gold recovery that were adopted around the world. Gold, worth billions of today's dollars , was recovered leading to great wealth for a few; many, however, returned home with little more than they started with. The effects of the Gold Rush were substantial. San Francisco grew from a tiny hamlet of tents to a boomtown , and roads, churches, schools and other towns were built. A system of laws and a government were created, leading to the admission of California as a state in 1850. New methods of transportation developed as steamships came into regular service and railroads were built. The business of agriculture , California 's next major growth field, was started on a wide scale throughout the state. However, the Gold Rush also had negative effects: Native Americans were attacked and pushed off traditional lands, and gold mining caused environmental harm. The Gold Rush started at Sutter's Mill , near Coloma . On January 24 , 1848 James W. Marshall , a foreman working for Sacramento pioneer John Sutter , found pieces of shiny metal in the tailrace of a lumber mill Marshall was building for Sutter, along the American River . Marshall quietly brought w...
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