Dubuque During the California Gold Rush: When the Midwest...
Klein, Robert F.![Dubuque During the California Gold Rush: When the Midwest Went West](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/274/27458433/CHSBZCOP0327458433.jpg)
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 home front. After meticulously combing through the correspondence between ...