Monthly Archives: February 2012

More Searching for Gold

Posted on February 22, 2012 by nancyleek

Bidwell kept on wondering if there might be gold in the California hills. In 1845, while acting as Sutter’s manager, he went looking again. Years later he related the following: “In July, 1845 I went into the Sierra Nevadas ostensibly … Continue reading →

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Still Searching for Gold

Posted on February 8, 2012 by nancyleek

Throughout the 1840’s John Bidwell occasionally looked for gold in California, although he doesn’t seem to have put much effort into the project. During the Micheltorena War of 1845 he checked out a gold mine in the San Fernando Hills. … Continue reading →

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Searching for Gold in California

Posted on February 5, 2012 by nancyleek

John Bidwell is the gold discoverer that might have been. If he had been just a little bit more lucky, or perhaps a bit more persistent, he would have discovered gold in 1843 or’44 or ’45. And then I guess … Continue reading →