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Color Press, College Place, Washington / Northern Mariposa County History Center, Coulterville, California. [Published Date: 1978]. Second printing, 1987. Softcover, illustrated paper wrappers; vii, 63 pp; 22 x 28 cm. Illustrated throughout with black and white historical photographs; includes folded map in pocket affixed to inside of back cover.
In good condition. Illustrated paper wrappers showing a steam locomotive have light bumping and creasing to edges and corners and light overall soiling, foxing and surface wear; staple binding sound. Interior pages clean and unmarked. A comprehensive local history of Coulterville, California, from its founding during the Gold Rush era through the mid-twentieth century, tracing the town's development from the Maxwell Creek diggings through the formative years, the Gilded Age, Reconstruction, and into the modern era. Contents: 1850-1859: The Formative Years; 1860-1880: The Aftermath of the Gold Rush; 1880-1900: The Gilded Age; 1900-1940: Reconstruction and the Depression; 1940-Present: Conclusion; Map 2: Coulterville - 1977; Selected References; Photographic Credits; Map 1: Coulterville - 1896
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