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Unsettled Boundaries: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest

by Robert E. Ficken
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780874222685
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Washington State University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Washington State University Press
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  • Pages: 200
  • Original Price: USD 19.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 332 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): United States / 19th Century

Responding to reports of gold discoveries on the Fraser River, thousands of prospectors from California and other points on the Pacific coast crossed the 49th parallel to British territory in 1858. Most returned to San Francisco and Puget Sound later in the same year, blaming their failure to find wealth in the river canyons upon uncooperative officials of the Hudson's Bay Company and the English government. Viewing events from the perspective of California, historians have generally considered the gold rush a failure. In reality, the Fraser River experience was a sustained success, continuing beyond 1858, embracing the vast interior of British Columbia and becoming one of the major developments in Pacific Northwest history. Although an artificial line bisecting forest, mountain, and prairie, the 49th parallel separated distinct regions of law and custom, explaining why Americans were unable to comprehend the true nature of their adventures in British North America.

Ficken, Robert E.: -

Robert E. Ficken is the author of many books and has won the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Award from the Forest History Society and the Charles M. Gates Memorial Award and the Robert Gray Medal from the Washington State Historical Society, as well as the Pacific Northwest History Award from the Pacific Northwest Historians Guild.

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