Information Links for California Pioneers and

Gold Rush VIPs

Jedidiah Smith

Find out how Jedidiah Smith died.

http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/feb/papr/jsmith.html

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~hyper/HNS/Mtmen/jedesmith.html

 http://members.aol.com/Gibson0817/smith.htm

http://www.linecamp.com/museums/americanwest/western_names/smith_jedediah/smith_jedediah.html

http://www.geocities.com/cott1388/jedediah.html

http://klesinger.com/jbp/jsmith.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/jesmith.html

http://www.geocities.com/cott1388/jed-cal.html

Jedidiah’s own journal. http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/mtman/html/jed.html

Abel Stearns

http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/la/historic/stearns.html

http://www.jurupa.com/history/stearns.html

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/8californio/8facts1.htm

His wife’s family: http://www.jurupa.com/history/bandini.html

John Augustus Sutter

Timeline http://www.calgoldrush.com/part1/01suttertimeline.html

http://malakoff.com/grpsuttr.htm

http://www.honors.unr.edu/~fenimore/sutter/

John Sutter’s own words detailing his life experiences: http://www.honors.unr.edu/~fenimore/sutter/monolog.html

Quotes by and about John Sutter:

http://www.honors.unr.edu/~fenimore/sutter/quotes.html

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/s_z/sutter.htm

http://www.syix.com/yubacity/johnsutter.html

http://www.sacbee.com/static/archive/ourtown/history/sutter.html

Treatment of California Indians: http://www.thehistorynet.com/we/bljohnsuttercaliforniaindians/index1.html

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James W. Marshall

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/marshall.htm

http://malakoff.com/gpmarshl.htm

http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/images/item.cfm?id=2

Samuel Brannon

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/brannan.htm

http://www.calgoldrush.com/profiles/pro_brannan.html

http://www.sierrafoothillmagazine.com/brannan.html

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/old_west/90225

Chilean connection: http://www.svn.net/artguy/brannantext.htm