Local History

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History of Us: Nisenan Tribe of the Nevada City Rancheria Cover Image

History of Us: Nisenan Tribe of the Nevada City Rancheria (Paperback)

By Richard B. Johnson
$20.00
ISBN: 9780933994652
Availability: Special Order
Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - September 26th, 2018
Gold Mining Genius: A Life of George William Starr Cover Image

Gold Mining Genius: A Life of George William Starr (Paperback)

By Gage McKinney
$23.00
ISBN: 9780933994690
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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - September 1st, 2020
Grass Valley (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) Cover Image

Grass Valley (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)

By Claudine Chalmers, Grass Valley Downtown Association
$21.99
ISBN: 9780738546971
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - November 8th, 2006
From the Woods: True Tales of the Timber Industry Cover Image

From the Woods: True Tales of the Timber Industry (Paperback)

By Cynthia Anderson
$30.00
ISBN: 9780933994676
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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - December 6th, 2019
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A Long Ways to Go; Lowell Guy Robinson & Robinson Enterprises Cover Image

A Long Ways to Go; Lowell Guy Robinson & Robinson Enterprises (Paperback)

By Martin Keith Marsh, David A. Comstock
$15.00
ISBN: 9780933994669
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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - August 1st, 2019
Ranches and Agriculture in Nevada County Cover Image

Ranches and Agriculture in Nevada County (Paperback)

By Maria E. Brower
$21.99
ISBN: 9781467127325
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - November 27th, 2017
Hellacious California!: Tales of Rascality, Revelry, Dissipation, and Depravity, and the Birth of the Golden State Cover Image

Hellacious California!: Tales of Rascality, Revelry, Dissipation, and Depravity, and the Birth of the Golden State (Paperback)

By Gary Noy
$18.00
ISBN: 9781597144995
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Published: Heyday Books - June 2nd, 2020
When Miners Sang: The Grass Valley Carol Choir Cover Image

When Miners Sang: The Grass Valley Carol Choir (Paperback)

By Gage McKinney
$12.50
ISBN: 9780933994287
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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - January 1st, 2001
MacBoyle's Gold Cover Image

MacBoyle's Gold (Paperback)

By Gage McKinney
$27.50
ISBN: 9780933994614
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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - July 13th, 2016
Entertaining Women: Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West Cover Image

Entertaining Women: Actresses, Dancers, and Singers in the Old West (Paperback)

By Chris Enss
$16.95
ISBN: 9781442247338
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Published: Two Dot Books - October 5th, 2015
Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party Cover Image

Patty Reed's Doll: The Story of the Donner Party (Paperback)

By Rachel Kelley Laurgaard, Elizabeth Sykes Michaels (Illustrator)
$9.95
ISBN: 9780961735722
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Published: Tomato Enterprises - November 5th, 1989

One of the first books that I remember reading, just after I had seen the actual tiny doll that Patty Reed secreted in her pocket. The story of the Donny Party as told from the point of view of this hidden friend is a wonderful introduction to Western history.

Nevada City (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) Cover Image

Nevada City (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing)) (Paperback)

By Maria E. Brower
$21.99
ISBN: 9780738530628
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - October 5th, 2005
The Diary of a Forty-Niner Cover Image

The Diary of a Forty-Niner (Paperback)

By Chauncey Canfield (Editor)
$15.00
ISBN: 9780962798733
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Published: Turtle Point Press - December 19th, 1993