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title:Fraser Gold 1858! : The Founding of British Columbia
author:Sterne, Netta.
publisher:Washington State University Press
isbn10 | asin:087422165X
print isbn13:9780874221657
ebook isbn13:9780585250236
language:English
subjectBritish Columbia--History, British Columbia--History--Sources, British Columbia--Gold discoveries.
publication date:1998
lcc:F1088.S85 1998eb
ddc:971.1
subject:British Columbia--History, British Columbia--History--Sources, British Columbia--Gold discoveries.
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Fraser Gold 1858!
The Founding of British Columbia
Netta Sterne
Fraser gold 1858 the founding of British Columbia - image 2
Washington State University Press
Pullman, Washington
Page iv
Washington State University Press
PO Box 645910
Pullman, WA 99164-5910
Phone 800-354-7360; FAX 509-335-8568
1998 by the Board of Regents of Washington State University
All rights reserved
First printing 1998
Printed and bound in the United States of America on pH neutral, acid-free paper. Reproduction or transmission of material contained in this publication in excess of that permitted by copyright law is prohibited without permission in writing from the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sterne, Netta, 1923
Fraser gold 1858! the founding of British Columbia/by Netta Sterne.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-87422-164-1 (pbk.: alk. paper). ISBN 0-87422-165-X (hdb.: alk. paper)
1. British Columbia History. 2. British Columbia History Sources. 3. British Columbia Gold discoveries. I. Title.
F1088.S85 1998
971.1 dc21Picture 3 98-14831
CIP
Cover: "H.B. Co. Fort Langley, Left Bank of Fraser River," by artist James Madison Alden of the U.S. Boundary Commission, 1858.
Page v
DEDICATION
To Ron
Chris and Susan
Page vii
Contents
Illustrations
viii
Acknowledgments
ix
Preface
xi
1. The Gold Rush Begins
1
2. Douglas of Vancouver Island
5
3. Arrival by Sea
11
4. Getting There
19
5. The First News Reports
27
6. Roads to Riches
35
7. Douglas Reports; Britain Responds
41
8. The Company in Question
49
9. A Newly Famous Land
55
10. Douglas as Peacekeeper
63
11. Gold Miners All
67
12. Cornwallis and Company
73
13. The Journey Home
79
14. The July Flooding
85
15. Midsummer on the Fraser
93
16. Douglas Carries On
99
17. The Miners Build a Road
103
18. A New Parliament vs. the Hudson's Bay Company
109
19. The Criminal Element
119
20. The New Colony, "A Questionable Infant"
127
21. The First Contingents
135
22. Judge Begbie and Colonel Moody
143
23. The First Townships
151
24. The Tragedy of the Steamer Austria
155
25. The Police Force That Never Was
163
26. Ceremony, Celebration, and Year's End
171
Select Bibliography
177
Index
181

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Illustrations
Fort Langley, 1858
xii
Governor James Douglas
10
Map from Domer, New British Gold Fields,
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