E. Gould Buffum sailed for California in 1846 as a lieutenant in Stevenson’s regiment of New York Volunteers, served in Baja California, and was on hand when gold was found in 1848. He describes life at the diggings on the American River and Weaver’s Creek, the nuggets and the hardships, and the rough justice of the first mining camps.
One of the first eyewitness books on the California gold rush, plain-spoken and practical. Download the free EPUB.