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Go rafting – On hot summer days, one of our favorite things to do in the Sierra foothills is rafting on the American River. Choose from South Fork two hour family float trips (kids 4 and up), to half day trips (7 and up), Middle Fork rafting trips with rapids for thrill-seeking teens, or two day trips overnight. |
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Guides, lifejackets, paddles, helmets, rafts, are provided, just wear lots of sunscreen, water shoes or sandals (no flip flops), and be prepared to get wet. Rafting companies are located on Highway 49 around Coloma. |
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All about the gold rush, how gold was found, staking a claim, l boom towns, striking it rich. Essential
guide to miners and mining – panning techniques, sluices,
hard rock mining, miner's tools, what's a stamp mill, inside a
mine and hazards of life underground. Detailed illustrations and historical photographs. (Picture book)
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"Boys, I believe I found a gold mine!" exclaimed James Marshall on January 24, 1848. This was the beginning of a stampede to the goldfields. First hand accounts of hardships, toil and treasure, vividly illustrated. (Illustrated chapter book)
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Teenage Jack
and his family butler, Praiseworthy, head for the gold fields of
California, traveling by sea around Cape Horn. In Hangtown, the
resourceful Praiseworthy takes to gold panning with an umbrella
and bare-knuckle fighting, and together they strike pay dirt. Exuberant,
high-spirited reading. (Chapter book)
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Lucy's mom uproots the family from comfy Massachusetts to live
in the dry, dusty town of Lucky Diggins. Far from instant riches,
Lucy cooks pies, washes sheets, skins rabbits, boils bear fat
for soap, and reads books every chance she gets. This is a gem.
(Chapter book)
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Tall tale of Levi Strauss, who came to the gold fields and had the bright idea to make denim pants for the miners, pants that even horses couldn't tear in two. And what happened to all those barrels the miners were wearing? (Picture book)
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Little
Chang helps his Grandpa Li peel potatoes in the Gold Ditch Hotel
kitchen, but he yearns for a pony. Chang pans for gold so he can
buy a pony, but finds treasure in the most unlikely place –
under his feet. (Easy reader)
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Mistaken
for a young muchacho, Anny Rose (from Vermilion Parish, Louisiana),
rides with the dashing bandit Joaquin Murieta, the "Robin Hood"
of the Sierra foothills. A funny swashbuckling adventure. (Chapter
book)
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1850. Rachel's family travel in a covered wagon to California, passing herds of buffalo on the prairie, surviving treacherous river crossings and poisoned waterholes, until journey's end at the Sacramento Valley, "the land of milk and honey." Like a long lost scrapbook, filled with personal details and drawings, this is a gem. (Illustrated chapter book)
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(More children's
books on other California pages) |
