Seeing the Elephant
Diaries and letters from the Gold Rush year of 1849 often include references to "the elephant" or to "seeing the elephant," which refer not to a flesh-and-blood animal, ...
gold rush
What We Found
Gold Rush, 1858, by J. H. Presson
Rumors of gold strikes on several small creeks in what is now Colorado touched off the Pike's Peak gold rush in 1858. Nebraska City was the steamboat landing and ...
Gold Rush, 1898
The gold rush to Alaska and the Canadian Yukon, beginning in the summer of 1897, was reflected in the pages of Nebraska's newspapers. The fortune seekers usually ...
Fort Kearny, 1849
The discovery of gold in California early in 1848 had a pronounced effect upon travel past Fort Kearny in 1849. News of the discovery did not reach the Atlantic coast ...
Seeing the Elephant
Diaries and letters from the Gold Rush year of 1849 often include references to "the elephant" or to "seeing the elephant," which refer not to a flesh-and-blood animal, ...
Sidney, 1877
Sidney, Nebraska was prosperous enough when it was laid out in 1867. But once gold was discovered in the Black Hills, hundreds of people descended on the town, bringing ...
Nebraska to Alaska: Klondike Gold Rush of 1896
When gold was discovered in the Klondike, many Nebraskans joined in the mass journey to the gold fields. Even a pair of Omaha World-Herald reporters!
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