Unsettled Boundaries: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest

by Robert E. Ficken

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874222680
• ISBN13: 9780874222685
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"