Eide, Johannes I.]]> Mahlum, Jens H.]]> Skavlan, Gunnar]]> Vang, Knut]]> Villvoll, Varg]]> America Letters]]> California]]> Frontier and pioneer life]]> Gold miners]]> Gold mines and mining]]> Norway--Emigration and immigration]]> San Francisco (Calif.)]]> Abstract

Articles from two Norwegian newspapers about Norwegians immigrating to California in the 1850s. One includes a letter from San Francisco.

Contents

• Photograph, Johannes Iversen Eide, from Skogn, Norway, member of a gold digging expedition to California in 1850. Photo by Knut Vang of Brooklyn.
• Letter from Gunnar Skavlan (1937).
• Clipping, Gullgraverekspedisjnen til California, Fjell-Lyom, Dec. 22, 1941, in Norwegian.
• Clipping, Gullgravarar frå Innherad, Nord-Trøndelag og Inntrøndelagen, July 1941.
• Gullgraverne fra Røros, Østerdalen og Gauldelen som 1850 dro til California. Fjell-Ljom, December 1941 in Norwegian.

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