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Gold, guns, & ghost towns.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chalfant, W. A. (Willie Arthur), 1868-1943
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Univ. Press, [1947]
Subjects:	Frontier and pioneer life > California. Frontier and pioneer life > Nevada. Gold mines and mining > Nevada. California > Gold discoveries.

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