CULMER, William Harrison: The Last of the “Dickens’ Boys”
“Billy the Cartwheeler”, does some reminiscing By HELEN MILLER LEHMAN, Improvement Era, July 1938 IN his tiny room in a fraternal home in northern California, Read More »
Tag: gold
Tales of the Old West | California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill started the gold rush. Millions in gold were discovered, not just in California, but Colorado, Montana, and most Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Buried Treasure
Millions in buried and lost treasure. Six short stories of gold never found and where you can go look. Learn more about your ad choices. Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Lola and Lotta-Entertainers
Lola Montez and Lotta Crabtree danced and sang during the gold rush in California. They entertained thousands of lonely miners who showered them with gold Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Idaho Stage Holdup
A gold carrying stage was robbed with help from the driver. Vigilantes administered justice with a rope and a tree. Gold bars may still be Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Charles Blackstone
He joined the gold rush to Alaska, but discouraged and broke, he attempted a dangerous trek to return home Learn more about your ad choices. Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Nemaha River Treasure
Two young minors made their fortune in the gold fields of California but lost it all one terrible night. They buried the treasure that hunters Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Vacation Sites
Big Springs 120 million gallons of water each day and Johnny Sack’s cabin, near Island Park, Idaho. Head West to ghost towns, Nevada and Virginia Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Wyatt Earp–His Later Years
He became famous for 30 seconds at the Gunfight at the OK corral. But what happened in his later years. He traveled all over the Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Lost Mines of Idaho
Some men carried the secret location of their rich finds to their graves, and yet over a billion dollars in gold and silver came from Read More »
Tales of the Old West | The Triskett Gang
Violence was not uncommon in the small gold rush towns, but the Triskett Gang were thieves and murderers. Frontier justice put an end to their Read More »
Tales of the Old West | The Comstock
In 1851 the Grosh brothers discovered the Comstock Lode. This led to the greatest Nevada boomtown ever, Virginia City. Huge veins of silver and gold Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Klondike Justice
The Chilcoot Pass was the route many miners took to the gold fields. They carried the required 2000 pounds of supplies and had their own Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Klickitat Gold Mine
The Chief of the Klickitat Indian tribe kept secret the location of the gold, the secret passed on father to son. The last person who Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Joaquin Murrieta
Joaquin was a forty-niner, a vaquero, gold miner and famous outlaw. His head ended up in a glass jar after Harry Love and the California Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Lost Treasure
Three Germans found the “Cement Mine” as did a lone prospector and a man named Whitman, all died and it remains lost. A lost Mexican Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Curse of the Lost Creek Mine
Peter Slumach, a Salish Indian, found gold worth millions, but was hung for murder. The curse claimed the lives of some who found the gold Read More »
Tales of the Old West | The Tres Piedras Legend
Pierre LaFarge, an ex French Priest, together with twelve other Frenchman, robbed a gold cache in Mexico. They also killed and robbed Mexican miners. The Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Blue Bucket Mine
A lost wagon train in Oregon sparked a gold rush. Three young men picked up some unusual looking pebbles in a creek, they carried them Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Barkerville B.C.
Billy Barker was one of dozens of English sailors who jumped ship in search of gold. At the bottom of a fifty foot hole they struck Read More »
Tales of the Old West | First Wagons West – Part 2
The Mormon migration in 1847 established Salt Lake as the crossroads of the West where thousands replenished their supplies and animals on their way to Read More »
Tales of the Old West | The Hungry Winter
The 1863 gold rush brought thousands to Virginia City, Montana. Winter of 1865, food was scarce, early snow blocked supplies. Flour went from $25 to Read More »
Tales of the Old West | The Lost Golden Lake
In a blinding blizzard Ashton Teeples stumbled onto a lake. In three days he panned $225,000 in gold nuggets. He survived attacks by two different Read More »
Tales of the Old West | Snake River Gold
gold may have been discovered in Idaho as early as 1853. Legend is a Nez Perce Indian woman led white men to the first discovery Read More »
This is Her Place Play Like a Girl: Natalie Williams and Norma Carr
From the 1940s to the 1970s, some school districts in Utah had policies that specifically prohibited girls from competing in sports against other scho…
Saints Podcast 9: As the Spirit Dictates
In this episode Chad Orton explores what it meant to be called as a California gold missionary in 1849.
July 1, 2020 Message from the SUP National Executive Committee
It is with heartfelt sadness that we report the passing of past-national President, Keith Van Rosendaal. We draw your attention to the tribute written by Read More »
Gold in Them There Hills
By Hal J. Covington This article first appeared in the March/April 1992 issue of Pioneer Magazine gold! Gold! At least, when the sun strikes it Read More »
CROFT, Merrill Woodrow
Merrill Woodrow Croft was born 26 July 1914 at Deseret, Millard County, Utah. His father was Jacob Croft, born 27 January 1873 in Fillmore, Millard Read More »
