<p>When gold was discovered in the Fraser River country of British Columbia in the 1850s, St. Paul, Minnesota became the departure point for the plunge westward, as was St. Louis for the American gold rushes. Minnesotans soon caught the fever. Nine young men set out in July of 1858 for the goldfields of British Columbia. Struggling through inhospitable territory, losing their way, and barely surviving the winter, battered remnants of the splintered party straggled out into the Oregon country in the spring, apparently having abandoned their dream of gold. One of the few available accounts of Canadian overlanders in the gold rush, this book is the journal of John Jones, a member of the party. Occasionally, he sent a narrative letter of their progress to newspapers back in Minnesota, but the bulk of this book is Jones’ informative daily entries portraying the agony and the drama of this frustrated trek. Beyond its intrinsically readable and informative value, the Jones journal has significance as a historical document. It is the earliest Canadian gold rush account and it stands alone for the year 1858.</p>

Survival On a Westward Trek: 1858-1859: The John Jones Overlanders

Biographies & Memoirs

Smith, Dwight L.

Historical

Ohio University Press

The Colorado River Survey: Robert B. Stanton and the Denver, Colorado Canyon & Pacific Railroad

History

Americas

Howe Brothers

<p>'Goodly Heritage' by Dwight L. Smith is the most comprehensive historical account ever written about the Freemasons in the state of Indiana. It was originally published in 1968 in conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the January 1818 founding of the Grand Lodge of Indiana F&AM in Madison, and is widely considered to be the most authoritative historical reference work for the state's fraternity. It contains a wealth of early photographs of historic lodges and influential men within the Masonic community, along with exhaustive reference lists of lodges, grand lodge officers, and more. This facsimile reprint edition was authorized in 2018 in conjunction with the Grand Lodge's Bicentennial celebration and through the assistance of the Masonic Library and Museum of Indiana, Inc.</p>

Goodly Heritage: One Hundred Fifty Years of Craft Freemasonry in Indiana

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