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The mountains that remade America : how Sierra Nevada geology impacts modern life / Craig H. Jones

Title:: How Sierra Nevada geology impacts modern life

Author:: Jones, Craig H. Search this

Physical description:: xx, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Date:: 2017

Topic:: Geology--History Search this; Human geography Search this; Mountains--History Search this; Gold mines and mining Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1092232

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The best land under heaven : the Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny / Michael Wallis

Title:: Donner Party in the age of Manifest Destiny

Author:: Wallis, Michael 1945- Search this

Physical description:: xx, 455 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Type:: Books; History

Place:: California; West (U.S.); Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Date:: 2017; 19th century

Topic:: Donner Party Search this; Pioneers--History Search this; Overland journeys to the Pacific Search this; Frontier and pioneer life Search this; History Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_1080304

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Deeper than gold : Indian life in the Sierra foothills / Brian Bibby ; photography by Dugan Aguilar

Author:: Bibby, Brian Search this; Aguilar, Dugan Search this

Physical description:: xx, 204 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm

Type:: Portraits; Pictorial works

Place:: California; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Date:: 2005; C2005

Topic:: History Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_765121

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Gateways to California : compiled from a series of articles in P. G. and E. Progress / by Don J. Baxter

Author:: Baxter, Don J Search this; Pacific Gas and Electric Company Search this

Physical description:: 47 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Cascade Range; California; San Gabriel Mountains; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); Tehachapi Mountains; San Jacinto Mountains (Calif.); Santa Rosa Mountains (Calif.)

Date:: 1968; C1968

Topic:: Mountain passes Search this; History Search this; Passes Search this

Call number:: F862 .P12 1968

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_634202

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Sierra crossing : first roads to California / Thomas Frederick Howard

Author:: Howard, Thomas Frederick 1946- Search this

Physical description:: ix, 218 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Date:: 1998; C1998; 19th century

Topic:: Roads--History Search this; Overland journeys to the Pacific Search this; Description and travel Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_537385

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Roaring camp : the social world of the California Gold Rush / Susan Lee Johnson

Author:: Johnson, Susan Lee Search this

Physical description:: 464 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); California

Date:: 2000; C2000; 19th century

Topic:: Mining camps--History Search this; Gold discoveries Search this; Social aspects Search this; Social life and customs Search this; Ethnic relations Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_592153

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The whistles blow no more : railroad logging in the Sierra Nevada, 1874-1942 / by Hank Johnston

Author:: Johnston, Hank Search this

Physical description:: 160 p. : ill. ; 29 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)

Date:: 1984; C1984

Topic:: Logging railroads--History Search this

Call number:: TF25.S54J64 1984X

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_193476

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Final flight : the mystery of a WWII plane crash and the frozen airmen in the High Sierra / Peter Stekel

Author:: Stekel, Peter Search this

Subject:: United States Army Air Forces History Search this

Physical description:: xi, 236 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 21 cm

Type:: Books

Place:: Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); United States

Date:: 2010; 20th century

Topic:: Aircraft accidents--Investigation Search this; World War, 1939-1945--Missing in action Search this; Missing persons--Investigation Search this; Airmen--History Search this; Beechcraft 18 (Airplanes) Search this

Data Source:: Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:siris_sil_990406

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