Three California Maps

Circa 1850

Introduction -- Repose Before The Stampede Into Madness

1821-1849

1

Invitation To The Unsavory Barbary Coast

California Gold Rush

10

1

Ladies Just Don't Do That

Fall 1849

11

2

The Trumbow House Hotel

Fall 1849

17

3

Lady Luck's No Lady

December 1849

23

4

The Sea Of Sacramento City

Late 1849 - Early 1850

29

5

The Blackjack Queen & Handsome Tom

Early 1850

33

6

Longshoremen's Matinee

March 1850

39

7

Gold Cleansed by Southern Blood

March - April 1850

43

8

Queen of Nevada [City]

Spring 1850

52

9

Bright Beginnings

Spring - Fall 1850

57

10

Every Miner's Sister

Fall 1850 - Spring 1851

61

11

Cauldrons Of San Francisco

Fall 1850 - Summer 1851

65

12

Too Loathsome For Words

Late 1851

71

13

Tom's Peck Of Dirt

Summer 1852

73

14

Gunfight At Weaverville

Summer 1852

77

15

Ulysses S. Grant In The West

Fall 1852

81

16

The Madam Wore Bloomers

November 1852

84

17

A Political Favor

Fall 1852 - Spring 1853

88

18

Lola Montez, Actress And Courtesan

May -July 1853

90

19

Lola And Lotta In Grass Valley

1853-54

98

20

Vacaville's Golden Christmas

December 1853

103

21

Grant Loses The Battle Of The Bottle

March 1854

106

22

Stand Up And Die Like A Man

1854

109

23

Nevada City's Beguiling Butterfly

July 1854

114

24

The Fatal Fall

Fall 1854

121

25

Julia Does Angels Camp & Columbia

Late 1854

123

26

The Placerville Revelations

Early 1855

126

27

What Was Your Name In The States?

Spring 1855

132

28

Savage Sons Of San Quentin

1855

135

29

The Specter Of Respectability

1855

140

30

Tyranny Takes Its Toll

Late 1855 - Early 1856

144

31

Trinity Mountain Pack Train Robbery

Early 1856

152

32

Fire And Ice In Nevada City

July 1856

156

33

Lola's Transformation

Summer - Fall 1856

158

34

Marysville Stagecoach Holdup

Fall 1856

160

35

The Hapless Hero, Henry Plummer

Summer - Fall 1857

165

36

Sherman And Grant Commiserate

Fall 1857

168

37

The Fiery Audition

Late 1857

172

38

Rattlesnake Dick Strikes Back

1858

175

39

Fox And Geese

Spring 1858

179

40

Belle Cora's Vile Tigers

Early 1859

183

41

Auburn's Night Gunfight

Summer 1859

187

42

Quandary in Weaverville

August 1859

190

43

The Innocents

February - August 1859

192

44

Sherman's Career Carousel

1858 -- August 1859

196

45

First Feminist In New York

1858 - Fall 1859

199

46

Make Me An Offer

Fall 1859

201

47

Grant's Unfinished Letter

1858 - Fall 1859

204

48

Stampede Of The Fifty-Niners

Fall 1859

206

Acknowledgment

211

Bibliography -- With Research Notes

212

Index of Real People, States & Events

218

Your Notes

225

Dare To Join Us

227

Other Books And Audiobooks By These Authors

231

Ordering Information

234