Lewis Ralston

by Norma Dell Smith

$50 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

First edition

NP: The author, 1974. First edition. 4to. 20, 5 pp. printed rectos only . Illustrated from copies of photographs and manuscripts. Ralston 1804-1870 , with experience panning for gold near Dahlonega, joined a group heading for the California gold fields and along the way discovered gold near what is now Arvada, Colorado, which several years later would be responsible for starting the Pike’s Peak Gold Rush 1858-1861 . Relatively uncommon, OCLC locating

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