Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… need of a trip to Alaska!” (The Alaskan Gold Rush was in full swing at this time, the major difference being that actual gold was being found…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Neal Dow

"… Goblet, 1856 Gorham Co., Providence Silver with gold wash Collections of Maine Historical Society; purchased in memory of Dr."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo Raynes remembrance of trip around Cape Horn

"… first vessel to leave Maine for during the gold rush. Raynes was quite successful and was a founder and important citizen of the town of Yreka."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"Polk Temperance Davis Verrill Moses Averill Williard Delano Ellen Benson Ham & Carys Bake House Gold Rush Asa Davis"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"… sailing from Bangor to California and the Gold Rush. Raynes' half-brother, John Martin, included the illustration on page 304 of a journal he…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"… went to California in early 1850 during the Gold Rush fever. He lived in the Yreka, California, area the rest of his life."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… might be expected: economic downturns, the Gold Rush, the outbreak of the Civil War, the first electric railroad, noted floods, and descriptions of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… those who went to California during the Gold Rush – he illustrated many of his surroundings in amazingly detailed folk art-style sketches, many…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… her father, moved to California for the Gold Rush. The rest of them family went as well. But it didn’t take long for her them to move once more…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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