Tag Archives: Mark Twain

Angels Camp and Murphys

Posted on July 20, 2011 by John Putnam

Ten miles southeast of San Andreas and three or four miles from Carson Hill sat Angels Camp, named for Henry and George Angel who had accompanied James Carson south from Weber Creek. A lot of placer gold was found in Angels … Continue reading →

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Mark Twain in California

Posted on May 25, 2011 by John Putnam

In 1861, with his brother Orion, Samuel Clemens set out for the west. They traveled by stagecoach across the prairie and the Rocky Mountains, visited Salt Lake City and then went on to the new silver mines around Virginia City, … Continue reading →

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Books in the gold rush

Posted on May 23, 2011 by John Putnam

Books in the gold rush were as rare as women were, and maybe more so. The miners valued any reading matter they could get. Books were passed from man to man and camp to camp and read and reread until … Continue reading →

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Calaveras gold – Harte, Twain, Murieta and Black Bart

Posted on May 1, 2011 by John Putnam

John and Daniel Murphy were early California merchants who rushed to the gold country in 1848. The first place they mined, once called Murphy’s Old Diggings, is now Vallecito. But the brothers soon moved on to Murphy’s New Diggings where … Continue reading →

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