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San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner ...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: The Warner Ranch is a Registered National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #311. It ... More

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner ...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: The Warner Ranch is a Registered National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #311. It ... More

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner ...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: The Warner Ranch is a Registered National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #311. It ... More

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francis...

Significance: Pier 16 and Bulkhead were last remaining structures of a unified complex of Mission Revival style pier front and bulkhead buildings dating to the early 20th century. The structures were among the... More

[P. J. Espenscheid store, Nevada City, California]

[P. J. Espenscheid store, Nevada City, California]

Daguerreotype shows: P. J. Espenscheid's shoe store with an array of men in jackets with white shirts and ties, probably local merchants, standing in front of the store, a pile of litter beside the store, legib... More

Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Rey, San Francisco.

Springfield, Tuolumne County / G. H. Goddard, del., lith. Britton & Re...

Pictorial lettersheet shows town square and scattered dwellings in California Gold Rush town.

River camp and Lake Bennett. Yukon Territory

River camp and Lake Bennett. Yukon Territory

Photograph shows tents near Lake Bennett. 68838 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 87. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

Dr. Le Blanc's office, Dawson City

Dr. Le Blanc's office, Dawson City

Photograph shows four men standing outside of tent and one man looking out through the opening in the tent, several dogs in front and a stove in lower right corner, additional tents in the background. 68880 U.S... More

Packers ascending the summit of Chilkoot Pass during the gold rush of 1898

Packers ascending the summit of Chilkoot Pass during the gold rush of ...

Photograph shows unending line of packers climbing summit of Chilkoot Pass, Yukon. Copyright 1898 by E. A. Hegg.

The Worlds greatest goldfield as the photographer saw it

The Worlds greatest goldfield as the photographer saw it

Photograph shows an elevated view of scattered dwellings, buildings, and mountains in Nevada gold rush town.

Gold Placers Incorporated, Mess Hall, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Mess Hall, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, E...

Significance: Gold mining is an important theme in the history of the upper Yukon River region in Alaska and Canada. One of several mining camps in the area, the Coal Creek Mining Camp contains many important c... More

Hargraves by Thomas Balcombe 1851, New South Wales

Hargraves by Thomas Balcombe 1851, New South Wales

Mr E.H. Hargraves, the gold discoverer of Australia, 12 February 1851, returning the salute of the gold miners, painted by T.T. Balcombe, ML 532

Weir & Embleton's cordial factory,1872 SLNSW

Weir & Embleton's cordial factory,1872 SLNSW

Interior, Weir & Embleton's cordial factory, Hill End, 1872, by American & Australasian Photographic Company, from glass photo negative, Presented by Mr Holtermann in 1952, State Library of New South Wales ON 4... More

24 k gold replica on display at Museums Victoria

24 k gold replica on display at Museums Victoria

24 k gold replica on display at Museums Victoria

Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Significance: Bodie is a Registered National Historic Landmark, and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was discovered in August, 1859; bu... More

Yukon River, north from Dawson City

Yukon River, north from Dawson City

Photograph shows men in canoes near the shore of the Yukon River, Yukon Territory.

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), W...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: Warner's Ranch is a landmark of the history of the American West. It is strongly associated with importa... More

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), W...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: Warner's Ranch is a landmark of the history of the American West. It is strongly associated with importa... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Portage Lake camp. Yukon Territory

Portage Lake camp. Yukon Territory

Photograph shows bird's-eye view of tents at campsite along the shore of lake. 68856 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 8. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

Wells Fargo & Company Building, Main & Washington Streets (Columbia State Historical Park), Columbia, Tuolumne County, CA

Wells Fargo & Company Building, Main & Washington Streets (Columbia St...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-78 Survey number: HABS CA-174

Wells Fargo & Company Building, Main & Washington Streets (Columbia State Historical Park), Columbia, Tuolumne County, CA

Wells Fargo & Company Building, Main & Washington Streets (Columbia St...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-78 Survey number: HABS CA-174

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, Cripple Creek, Teller County, CO

El Paso Lode, Adjacent to Highway 67, .5 mile east of Cripple Creek, C...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau County, MT

Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau Cou...

Significance: Fort Benton has a long history in Montana. It was s fur trading post before the formation of Montana territory. In order to hold the town's trade with the Judith Basin to the east from other compe... More

The river camp. Yukon Territory

The river camp. Yukon Territory

Photograph shows tents at campsite along side of river with steep incline in the background. 68858 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563, Springdale, Park County, MT

Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563, Springdale, Park C...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its associations with the development of transportation systems to accommodate settlement and tourism in the early 20th century; and as an example of the work of the ... More

Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563, Springdale, Park County, MT

Springdale Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 563, Springdale, Park C...

Significance: The bridge is significant for its associations with the development of transportation systems to accommodate settlement and tourism in the early 20th century; and as an example of the work of the ... More

Delaware Street Tramway Power Sub-Station, 1448 Delaware Street, Denver, Denver County, CO

Delaware Street Tramway Power Sub-Station, 1448 Delaware Street, Denve...

Significance: It is significant for its association with the growth and development of Denver's tramway trolley system, a major transportation system during the first half of the 20th century. This substation w... More

Camp 120, Eagle Lake, Sierra Nevadas

Camp 120, Eagle Lake, Sierra Nevadas

Drawing shows a camp of covered wagons and tents on the shore of Eagle Lake in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. Two men and a woman, lower left, overlook the camp near some grazing cattle. Eagle Lake ... More

Arrival of the steamer. Yukon Territory

Arrival of the steamer. Yukon Territory

Photograph shows a steamer at dockside, men standing on the shore, and wooden buildings, some under construction, at Dawson City, Yukon Territory. 68877 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 56. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

Alaska Commercial Co.'s ware house, Dawson City, N.W.T.

Alaska Commercial Co.'s ware house, Dawson City, N.W.T.

Photograph shows warehouse under construction. 68835 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK

Postlethwaite-Jones Cabin, Nolan, on Smith Creek, Bettles, Yukon-Koyuk...

Significance: In autumn 1907, a major gold strike was made by three immigrant Swedish miners, John Anderson and brothers John and Louis Olson, on Nolan Creek, a tributary of Wiseman Creek, located approximately... More

North Platte - Public domain scenic drawing

North Platte - Public domain scenic drawing

Drawing shows two covered wagons being ferried across the Platte River in central Wyoming. A man stands on the far bank of the river, with a hook in one hand. In the distance, people have set up camp in three c... More

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows five men and two dogs in a scow with mountain in the background in Yukon Territory.

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows five men and two dogs in a scow with mountain in the background in Yukon Territory.

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows five men and two dogs in a scow with mountain in the background in Yukon Territory.

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows five men and two dogs in a scow with mountain in the background in Yukon Territory.

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

The Ewing party and dogs - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows five men and two dogs in a scow with mountain in the background in Yukon Territory.

McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagway, Skagway, AK

McCabe College, End of Seventh Avenue, East of Broadway Avenue, Skagwa...

This survey was originally located in the Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area. The name of the borough was changed to Skagway. There is no sheet #1 in the drawing set. Significance: One of the few stone buildings... More

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Significance: South Pass City was the focal point in the development in the Sweetwater Gold Mine Field, the largest gold rush area in Wyoming. In addition, it was the center of the first successful women's suf... More

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Significance: South Pass City was the focal point in the development in the Sweetwater Gold Mine Field, the largest gold rush area in Wyoming. In addition, it was the center of the first successful women's suf... More

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Significance: South Pass City was the focal point in the development in the Sweetwater Gold Mine Field, the largest gold rush area in Wyoming. In addition, it was the center of the first successful women's suf... More

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY

Significance: South Pass City was the focal point in the development in the Sweetwater Gold Mine Field, the largest gold rush area in Wyoming. In addition, it was the center of the first successful women's suf... More

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Significance: Dalton Trail Post is associated with the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police and their role in maintaining order in the Kondike Gold Rush, and in the establishment of the United States-Canadian bord... More

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Significance: Dalton Trail Post is associated with the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police and their role in maintaining order in the Kondike Gold Rush, and in the establishment of the United States-Canadian bord... More

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Significance: Dalton Trail Post is associated with the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police and their role in maintaining order in the Kondike Gold Rush, and in the establishment of the United States-Canadian bord... More

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Significance: Dalton Trail Post is associated with the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police and their role in maintaining order in the Kondike Gold Rush, and in the establishment of the United States-Canadian bord... More

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Dalton Trail Post, Mile 40, Haines Highway, Haines, Haines Borough, AK

Significance: Dalton Trail Post is associated with the Canadian Northwest Mounted Police and their role in maintaining order in the Kondike Gold Rush, and in the establishment of the United States-Canadian bord... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

San Francisco Cable Railway, Washington & Mason Streets, San Francisco...

also CAL, 38-SANFRA-137-A- San Francisco Railway: Cable Car Powerhouse & Barn Significance: The last operating cable railroad in the world. Representative of an important type of urban transportation system in... More

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner ...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: The Warner Ranch is a Registered National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #311. It ... More

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Ranch House, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner ...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: The Warner Ranch is a Registered National Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #311. It ... More

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francisco County, CA

Pier 16 & Bulkhead Building, Howard Street, San Francisco, San Francis...

Significance: Pier 16 and Bulkhead were last remaining structures of a unified complex of Mission Revival style pier front and bulkhead buildings dating to the early 20th century. The structures were among the... More

Scow and dogs. Yukon Territory. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Scow and dogs. Yukon Territory. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Photograph shows a group of dogs perched on the edge of a river scow. 68884 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 22. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

On the trail, Dyea Canyon. Yukon Territory

On the trail, Dyea Canyon. Yukon Territory

Photograph shows men pulling sleds through the snow in Dyea Canyon, Yukon Territory. 68841 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 103. Copyright by F.D. Fujiwara.

Pleasant camp. Yukon Territory. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Pleasant camp. Yukon Territory. 19th century, Library of Congress coll...

Photograph shows a man and dog standing in the snow with view of forest and mountains in the background, Yukon Territory.

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska

Public domain photograph of vintage stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort St. Michael Armory, Eastern end of the old St. Michael airstrip, south of Airport Street, approximately half-way between St. Michael and the old village of Tachik, Saint Michael, Nome Census Area, AK

Fort St. Michael Armory, Eastern end of the old St. Michael airstrip, ...

Significance: The Fort St. Michael Armory was one of two remaining buildings of the fort at St. Michael, which was constructed in 1898-1899. The armory was located east of the main complex of the fort, although... More

MARYATT(1855) p365 (THE END OF) JOHN CHINAMAN

MARYATT(1855) p365 (THE END OF) JOHN CHINAMAN

Public domain image related to the State of California, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pikes Peak miners

Pikes Peak miners

Prospectors in what was then the "Pikes Peak" region of western Kansas Territory (modern Colorado), ca. 1858. Taken From: "Alpenrose Press Web Site" http://www.alpenrosepress.com/images/Recen.jpg

Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Significance: Bodie is a Registered National Historic Landmark, and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was discovered in August, 1859; bu... More

Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA

Significance: Bodie is a Registered National Historic Landmark, and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was discovered in August, 1859; bu... More

Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, CO

Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin...

Significance: Remnants of the first gold lode vein discovered in Colorado. The wood cribbing retaining the tailings is laminated in some places, a previously unused cribbing construction unique at the time to t... More

Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, CO

Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin...

Significance: Remnants of the first gold lode vein discovered in Colorado. The wood cribbing retaining the tailings is laminated in some places, a previously unused cribbing construction unique at the time to t... More

Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin County, CO

Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin...

Significance: Remnants of the first gold lode vein discovered in Colorado. The wood cribbing retaining the tailings is laminated in some places, a previously unused cribbing construction unique at the time to t... More

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), Warner Springs, San Diego County, CA

Warner Ranch, Barn-Trading Post, San Felipe Road (State Highway S2), W...

Structure is associated with the Santa Fe Trail, Camp Wright, & the Battle of San Pasqual. Significance: Warner's Ranch is a landmark of the history of the American West. It is strongly associated with importa... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, Eagle, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK

Gold Placers Incorporated, Coak Creek Dredge, Near Coal Creek & Yukon ...

Significance: In 1934, Charles Janin, a prominent San Francisco mining engineer, designed a 4-cubic-foot dredge for Gold Placers Incorporated, a newly formed mining company organized by General A.D. McRae of Va... More

Wells Fargo & Company Building, Main & Washington Streets (Columbia State Historical Park), Columbia, Tuolumne County, CA

Wells Fargo & Company Building, Main & Washington Streets (Columbia St...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-78 Survey number: HABS CA-174

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Weaverville Joss House, Oregon Street, Weaverville, Trinity County, CA

Significance: The Temple of the Forest and the Clouds, or as it is popularly known, the Chinese Joss House, is an important historical record of the Chinese culture that flourished in California beginning in th... More

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