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California History
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| California Historical Society |  |
| Information about the organization, its exhibits, collections, publications and programs. | Reviewed by netlibrarian californiahistoricalsociety.org Information |
| Chinese in California, The: 1850-1925 | |
| Collection about Chinese immigration includes menus, advertising broadsides, photographs, sketches, business cards, newspaper items, watercolors. | Reviewed by netlibrarian memory.loc.gov Information |
| Early History of the California Coast | |
| Features 45 historic sites and properties that illustrate early periods of Coastal California's history. Includes location map, photographs and descriptions of each of the individual historic sites. | Reviewed by netlibrarian cr.nps.gov Information |
| Early Truckee Records | |
| Covers late 1860s to the 1920s. Includes property ownership records, cemetery plots, photographs, tax record abstracts for 1868 and 1870, local directories for 1867 to 1883. | Reviewed by netlibrarian webpages.cwia.com Information |
| Gold Rush | |
| Includes information about how gold was discovered, maps about how miners traveled to California, details about life in mining camps, the legacy of the Gold Rush. | Reviewed by netlibrarian calgoldrush.com Information |
| Gold Rush Chronicles | |
| History of the California Gold Rush, including a chronology. Features information about towns, mines and mining camps, people, the Pony Express. | Reviewed by netlibrarian comspark.com Information |
| Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories | |
| A virtual tour of the Oakland Museum of California's Gold Rush exhibition with photographs, artifacts, primary documents, audio files (some in Chinese), maps. | Reviewed by netlibrarian museumca.org Information |
| Jefferson - The 51st State | |
| In 1941, counties in northern California and southern Oregon joined to form a 49th state. Contains news articles, the "Jefferson Proclamation of Independence," local events and recreation. | Reviewed by netlibrarian jeffersonstate.com Information |
| Lawrence & Houseworth Albums | |
| Online photographic database includes images of the states of California and Nevada, San Francisco and Sacramento, mining, buildings, landscapes, and Native Americans. From the Society of California Pioneers. | Reviewed by netlibrarian californiapioneers.org Information |
| Rose Institute's California Political History Archive | |
| Database covering California's election; redistricting and political history; biographical information on state legislators and constitutional office holders since 1849. | Reviewed by netlibrarian ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu Information |
| Santa Clara County: Historic Silicon Valley | |
| A itinery of places listed in the National Register of Historic Places that illustrate how this valley developed from a series of small agricultural towns into the center of the technology revolution. | Reviewed by netlibrarian cr.nps.gov Information |
| AmericasSuburb.com |  |
| Features historical information, a timeline, a photo gallery, a list of "vanished Valley landmarks," quotations, references to the San Fernando Valley in films and literature. | Reviewed by netlibrarian americassuburb.com Information |
| Back to the Ranch | |
| Collection of photos of ranching in the East Bay of California's San Francisco Bay Area, from photographer Matt O'Brien. | Reviewed by hbird64 cmp.ucr.edu Information |
| Blocksburg, CA | |
| General history of the town with photographs and cemetary records. | Reviewed by netlibrarian blocksburg.com Information |
| California History Lectures | |
| Audio lectures on California history topics, including California missions, the California Gold Rush, Mark Twain. | Reviewed by netlibrarian bancroft.berkeley.edu Information |
| Clarke Historical Museum | |
| History of Humboldt County, with emphasis on the late 1800's. | Reviewed by netlibrarian tidepool.com Information |
| Five Views : An Ethnic Historic Site Survey | |
| An electronic book, including images and bibliographical references, detailing the histories and historic sites associated with American Indians, Black Americans, Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans in California. | Reviewed by netlibrarian cr.nps.gov Information |
| Gold Rush: American Experience | |
| Companion to a PBS program. Features a map with major strikes, timeline, background about people and events. | Reviewed by netlibrarian pbs.org Information |
| Guide to Historic Architecture in Fresno, California | |
| features images and information about buildings listed on the national and local registers of historic places in Fresno, overviews of historic districts, and biographies of prominent architects, designers, and builders. | Reviewed by netlibrarian historicfresno.org Information |
| Heaven is Burning | |
| Scandalous news from the 1890s. Includes articles, news and history of prostitution in Humboldt County, California. | Reviewed by netlibrarian home.pacbell.net Information |
| Historic Hwy 49.com | |
| Travel and tourism site for the towns along California Highway 49 includes historic background of the area. Contains a business directory, city directory, and maps of the area and of individual cities. | Reviewed by netlibrarian historichwy49.com Information |
| Humboldt County Historical Society | |
| Information about the organization, its collections, photos. Contains links to local genealogical resources. | Reviewed by netlibrarian humboldthistory.org Information |
| Italian Vineyard Company at Guasti | |
| Collection of early 20th century photographs of the Italian Vineyard Company, featuring images of field and winery workers, grape processing, winery interiors and exteriors, and vineyards. | Reviewed by netlibrarian csupomona.edu Information |
| Learn California.org | |
| Electronic resource for students, teachers and researchers. From the California State Archives. | Reviewed by netlibrarian learncalifornia.org Information |
| Migrant Labor Camp Photographs | |
| Included are photographs of groups and buildings at the Arvin Migratory Labor Camp and other camps in Kern County, California. Also included are photographs of Hooverville in Sacramento. | Reviewed by netlibrarian oac.cdlib.org Information |
| Migrant Workers | |
| Photographs and essays documenting conditions in migrant labor camps in the Imperial Valley, California, Photos taken February and March 1937 under the auspices of the Resettlement Administration by Dorothea Lange. | Reviewed by netlibrarian memory.loc.gov Information |
| Mission Sites of Alta California | |
| Exhibit of William Henry Jackson's series of albumen photographs (1885-1890) of the Franciscan missions in California. Features images of twelve missions including Mission Dolores in San Francisco. | Reviewed by netlibrarian orpheus.ucsd.edu Information |
| Sacramento History Online | |
| Tells the story of transportation in Sacramento County, California, from the mid 19th to early 20th century. | Reviewed by netlibrarian sachistoryonline.org Information |
| San Joaquin Valley & Sierra Foothills Photo Heritage | |
| Historic photographs from the nine libraries of the San Joaquin Valley Library System (SJVLS) in California is browsable by subject or participating library, or searchable by keyword. | Reviewed by netlibrarian sjvls.org Information |
| Weedpatch Camp | |
| History and personal reminiscences of life at the Arvin Federal Government Camp, the migrant labor camp portrayed as "Weedpatch Camp" in John Steinbeck's novel, The Grapes of Wrath. | Reviewed by netlibrarian weedpatchcamp.com Information |
| Wonders of Wrangletown | |
| History of the town of Freshwater, formerly known as Wrangletown with photos. | Reviewed by netlibrarian northcoast.com Information |
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