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English
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Mormons and the Discovery of Gold
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Placerville, Calif.
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Pioneer Press
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This work describes the Mormon influence and how it spread in the West. Through Rickett's writing, she explains the culture the Mormons brought to the West, the aid they provided in San Francisco's early development, and their bringing the first agriculture to the San joaquin Valley. "Members of the Battalion assisted in the early development of San Diego and Fort Moore. The Battalion members, poised at Sutter's Fort, provided labor Sutter's growing empire needed. After traversing over twenty-one hundred miles, the Mormons were instrumental in setting the time when gold would be discovered, but that is our story..." [Author]