The Bradshaw Road
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10320217 |
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| Authors | Franklyn Hoyt (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1952 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 243-254 |
| Publication date | 1952-08-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Historical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-8684 • E-ISSN: 1533-8584 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3634223 |
| OpenAlex | W2323126309 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
WHILE TRAPPING and prospecting along the Arizona side of the Colorado River, Pauline Weaver found a few flakes of gold sparkling in the bottom of a little gulch about ten miles north of the present town of Ehrenberg. He quickly panned out two or three dollars worth of the gold and placed it in a goose quill for safe keeping. When he returned to Fort Yuma in January, 1862, Weaver proudly displayed his golden quill in all of the saloons, and the Colorado River gold rush was soon in full swing.' By the middle of March, Los Angeles was alive with excitement arising from the reported discovery of gold diggings on the Colorado River. There were reports that two men had taken out $300 worth of gold in one pocket. It was also rumored that the Army was trying to keep the discovery a secret, and that soldiers were stopping miners trying to cross the river to the mines.2
Geography · Transport engineering · American Environmental and Regional History · American History and Culture · Archaeology and Natural History · Engineering · History
| Highly cited | No |
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