The Journal
The
California Gold Rush: A Nugget of American History The Spring
2001 JOURNAL of the Jackson County Historical Society features The
California Gold Rush: A Nugget of American History by David W.
Jackson. The article (the second
of two installments; see Winter 2000 JOURNAL for part one) highlights the
1850 journey of two of Jackson’s ancestors who traveled west from Illinois
across Missouri to the California Gold Rush. The article also discusses other
ancestors who went through Independence on their way to California in 1846. Author
David W. Jackson’s childhood hobby of genealogy became the catalyst for his
present career as director of archives and education at the Jackson County
Historical Society. He is also director and archivist of his own historical
research and consulting service, The Orderly Pack Rat, which he founded in
1996. Contact him at the
Historical Society’s Archives, or via e-mail.
David Lee and Martha Campbell; on the right, James
and Elizabeth Campbell. Here are
some World Wide Web links that help to complement what Jackson has offered in
the print version of the JOURNAL.
To obtain a copy, subscribe or join JCHS click
here. The Orderly Pack Rat’s Book on
the Campbells in the Gold Rush Museum of the City of San
Francisco California’s Untold Stories: Gold Rush! The California
Heritage Collection at the University of Berkeley The History of How
California Became a State California’s Gold Rush Country A Wealth of Links Relating to the Gold
Rush Persons with an
Interest in California Gold Rush History The Gold Rush History Alliance |
