This Day in History
Tappan's Burro


On a day like today during the 1850’s...

Through the exciting years that followed the discovery of gold in California, lonely prospectors, each equipped with a grubstake, digging tools, and a burro, sought elsewhere for riches in the earth. Virginia City, Alder Gulch, and Tombstone were among the bigger strikes.



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All illustrations by Mort Künstler. Text by Michael Aubrecht, Dee Brown, Henry Steele Commager, Rod Gragg, Mort Künstler, Edward Lengel, James McPherson, and James I. Robertson, Jr. - Copyright © 2001-2019. All Rights Reserved. No part of the contents of this web site may be reproduced or utilized in any form by any means without written consent of the artist.