BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY

• Kalman, Bobbie.  The Gold Rush.  New York: Crabtree Pub. Co., 1999.

Call Number:   978 K145go
 
• Rau, Margaret.  The Wells Fargo Book of the Gold Rush.  New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2001.

Call Number:   979.404 R239we
 
• Roop, Peter.  The Diary of David R. Leeper: Rushing For Gold.  New York: Benchmark Books, 2001.

Call Number:  979.404 L486di
 
• Schanzer, Rosalyn.  Gold Fever! : Tales From the California Gold Rush.  Washington, D.D.: National Geographic Society, 1999.

Call Number:   979.404 G618
 
• Sherrow, Victoria.  Life During the Gold Rush.  San Diego: Lucent Books, 1998.

Call Number:   979.4 S553li

http://www.pbs.org/goldrush/
This website is full of good, valid information about the California Gold Rush.  It includes fun facts for students ( http://www.pbs.org/goldrush/funfacts.html ), articles about the Gold Rush, and ideas for activities.

http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html
This online article is tells about the first discovery of gold in California, from the discoverer's point-of-view.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/special/pages/1998/08/goldtrail/
This website has articles about the people that went on the Gold Rush, the lives they lived while mining, and sometimes what happened to them.

http://encarta.msn.com/find/Concise.asp?z=1&pg=2&ti=761589799
This is an encyclopedia article about the Gold Rush in the American West.  It includes the first discoveries, important people involved in the Gold Rush, and descriptions of mining towns.