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

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

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 (Paperback)

By Gage McKinney

$27.50

ISBN: 9780933994614

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Published: Comstock Bonanza Press - July 13th, 2016

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey Cover Image

The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey (Paperback)

By Rinker Buck

$17.99

ISBN: 9781451659177

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Published: Simon & Schuster - June 7th, 2016

Life on the Plains and among the Diggings: A Personal Account of a Gold Seeker?s Journey to California Cover Image

Life on the Plains and among the Diggings: A Personal Account of a Gold Seeker?s Journey to California (Paperback)

By Alonzo Delano

$14.99

ISBN: 9781634505178

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Published: Skyhorse - January 19th, 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.