The Bookstore
historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49 historichwy49
Header photo: Monteverde General Store "Museum" in Sutter Creek

General Store | Bookstore | Gallery | General | Handmade | Kitchen | Old Time Photos

All products limited to supplies on hand
For shipping outside the United States please click here and email us your request. We will email you a quote for shipping and handling prior to any credit card transaction.
All orders ship UPS ground unless other arrangements are made prior to ordering. UPS does not deliver to P.O. Boxes. Click here and email your special shipping requirements and order desired. We will email you a quote for shipping and handling prior to any credit card transaction.

California History
  California 1850 - A Snapshot in Time
By: Janice Marschner
Focuses on California life and culture in the year of
statehood. Captures the delight of those interested in
California history and/or those planning a trip to the
Golden State. Maps, photographs, biographical sidebars,
rancho charts and endnotes full of intriguing bits of
information add special interest.
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49JM001
Price: $19.95 ea

 
The Gold Chain
  The Gold Chain
By: Regina Phelan
This is a story about Regina's family. The first to arrive,
came to California during the gold rush. The next to
arrive, came to the little Mexican village of Los Angeles,
to produce foodstuffs for the miners. The third, came to
the valley of San Gabriel to farm. He purchased his land
from the last Mexican governor of California, and planted
his land out to broom corn. Through marriage these families
joined and the gold chain passed through their hands. This
is the stories of those families, their adventure, their joys
and sorrows. and the gold chain which bound them
together.
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC001
Price: $29.95 ea

 The History of California
for the Young Reader
By: Regina Phelan
  This series is based on Regina's book The Gold Chain. Written
in story form, a true story of what life was like in the
'old days' based on material of the greatest historians of
our time
Alta
  The Land Known As Alta California
By: Regina Phelan
Jose de Galvez, the Vicroy of Mexico, was instructed by
King Carlos III, of Spain to take posession of a distant
land. It was a land yet unexplored and its value was
unknown. This land was known as Alta California
ISBN 0870622757
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC002
Price: $19.95.00 ea

     
Province
  The Conquered Province
By: Regina Phelan
The year of 1846 began with a crisis. The dispute over
the Oregon Territory could mean war with Great Britian.
If Congress offered Texas a place as a state in the Union,
and Texas accepted it could mean war with Mexico.
ISBN 0870622420
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC003
Price: $19.95.00 ea

     
Gold
  Gold Discovered In California
By: Regina Phelan
The United States went to war against Mexico. Nine days
before the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed gold
had already been discovered in California. The discovery
of gold produced a wild rush to "El Dorado"
ISBN 087062232
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC004
Price: $19.95.00 ea

     
Panama
  They Came By Way Of Panama
By: Regina Phelan
The Panama crossing, though more expensive, was a
shorter quicker trip than by going around the Horn. They
traveled first by bango up the Chagres River then by
donkey over they mountain country and tropical jungle to
Panama City. There they booked passage on a ship that
took them on to California.
ISBN 0870622420
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC005
Price: $19.95.00 ea

     
Horn
  They Came Around The Horn
By: Regina Phelan
Ships were leaving daily for California.They touched at a
few ports below the Mason Dixon Line, continued on
through the West Indies then on to Rio de Janeiro where
they had a short stop over, then continued on.
As they reached the region of Cape Horn, icebergs were
everywhere, great glassy islands, grand and dangerous,
yet beautifull to see. They plunged into the bleak passage
around the horn.
ISBN 0870622927
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC006
Price: $19.95.00 ea

     
Train
  They Came Overland By Train
By: Regina Phelan
The year of 1887 was the year of the greatest land boom
in history. The officals of the Union Pacific and the
Sante Fe Railroad lured thousands of home seekers to the
Pacific Coast. A rate war raged so hotly that on one day,
tickets sold from Kansas City to Los Angeles for only
one dollar.
ISBN 0870622951
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC007
Price: $19.95.00 ea

     
El Camino
  The Story Ends Where It Began:
Along El Camino Real
By: Regina Phelan
The Chaffee family built a canal to carry water to the
desert wasteland of the Imperial Valley close to the
Mexican boarder. Many people went there to farm. The
Phelans went only long enough to accumulate enough
money to return to Whittier to build a home for their
family. On the return trip they followed the path that
had been blazed by Don Gaspar de Portola in his search
of Monterey, the Kings Highway, El Camino Real, the
most important highway of all.
ISBN 0870622951
Packaging/handling charge of $1.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC008
Price: $19.95.00 ea

     
Complete set
The Complete Set of "The Gold Chain"
and "The History of California
for the Young Reader"
By: Regina Phelan
Includes The Gold Chain, The Land Known As Alta
California, The Conquered Province, Gold Discovered In
California, They Came By Way Of Panama, They Came
Around The Horn, They Came Overland By Train, The
Story Ends Where It Began: Along El Camino Real
Packaging/handling charge of $2.50 will be added
Item number: HH49GC009
Price: $115.00 ea

General Store | Bookstore | Gallery | General | Handmade | Kitchen | Old Time Photos


Home | Hwy 49 Map | Cities Directory | Business Directory | Bed & Breakfast | Golf Courses | Wineries | Historic Churches

Gold Rush History | Historic Photo Gallery | Gold Facts | We The People | Ghosts | General Store | Old Sac | Tahoe | Yosemite

 



historichwy49.com

Since 1999
© 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, & 2004 historichwy49.com
e-mail:
info@historichwy49.com