Dubuque during the California gold rush

Description:

"In 1849, news from California produced a strange alchemy in the region around Dubuque. Men used to the daily grind of the local lead mines felt a sudden fever for gold half a continent away. It was like a call to war, pulling the young men of the Midwest away to far-distant climes for an adventure and nightmare they would struggle to explain to those who remained on the homefront."--Back cover.

subjects: Gold discoveries,  Gold miners,  Internal Migration,  Biography,  History,  Miners,  Migration, internal,  Iowa, history,  California, gold discoveries,  Iowa, biography

Places: Dubuque (Iowa),  Iowa,  California,  Dubuque

Times: 19th century