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Moorman, MadisonBerryman.
The Journal of Madison Berryman Moorman. Edited by Irene D. Paden
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Sutter’s Fort
: Library of Congress
The mill at Coloma
: California State Library
North America circa 1852
: map by Laura Hartman Maestro
Ready for anything
: California State Library
Entering the mountains
: Library of Congress
The Challenge
: Peabody Essex Museum
Jean-Nicolas Perlot
: Bancroft Library
A long tom
: California State Library
Chinese miners
: California State Library
California in the 1850’s
: map by Laura Hartman Maestro
Home in the gold country
: California State Library
A major river operation
: Library of Congress
Water cannons
: Bancroft Library
Comparing notes
: California State Library
Abandoned ships
: San Francisco Maritime Historical Park
Sam Brannan
: Bancroft Library
San Francisco after the great fire of 1851
: Library of Congress
John Frémont
: Library of Congress
Jessie Frémont
: Southwest Museum
William Sherman
: Library of Congress
Leland Stanford
: Bancroft Library
George Hearst
: Bancroft Library
Mariano Vallejo
: Bancroft Library
John Sutter
: California State Library
James Marshall
: California State Library