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why does boomer look like he's offering me one of three magical items to aid me on my journey

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Which Movie of 1947’s Highest-Grossing Movies is Your Favorite?

Duel in the Sun

Welcome Stranger

The Egg and I

Life with Father

Forever Amber

Unconquered

Road to Rio

Green Dolphin Street

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

Mother Wore Tights

Voting ended onFeb 4

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Milestone Monday

February 5th marks the anniversary of the discovery of the largest alluvial gold nugget in history, known as “Welcome Stranger.” The nugget was found in 1869 by miners John Deason and Richard Oates just outside of Dunolly, Australia. It weighed just under 193 pounds earning the miners roughly £9,381 (equivalent to around A$743,000 today). A little over 8,000 miles away, California was winding down its famed gold rush that forever altered the area’s landscape, societal growth, and indigenous communities.  

California Gold Rush Camps: A Keepsake in Fourteen Parts published in 1998 by The Book Club of California documents the lives of miners and the camps that shaped California in the latter half of the 1800s. The keepsake contains fourteen folders, each highlighting the history of a camp that played a notable role in the gold rush. The text is accompanied by color illustrations from Life Among the Miners published by Hutchings & Rosenfield in 1854, sketches published in local magazines and newspapers, lithographs, and a daguerreotype. The series was edited by Robert J. Chandler and designed and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc. 

In alignment with their commitment to sharing California history, The Book Club of California presented portions of this publication at the 1998 Western History Association annual meeting. California Gold Rush Camps: A Keepsake in Fourteen Parts is part of an extensive collection of The Book Club of California materials held within Special Collections. This book is another gift from our friend Jerry Buff.

View other posts on gold mining.

Read other Milestone Monday posts here! 

– Jenna, Special Collections Graduate Intern 

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Image description:

Two versions of Ben Tennyson, one looking flushed and unwell, sitting on a stool, while the other stands beside him. The standing one has a veil over their face, some feathery thing on their hip over a sort of tunic scrub, and is muttering to someone unseen. The standing one is holding Ben's arm, tail barb swooped around behind them to rest near Ben's other arm. Ben is confused why the veiled alternate is talking to themself.

Dialogue:

Ben: Who're you talking to?

Alternate Ben: My coworker. We're trying to figure out what to do with you, you're an impossible thing.

Ben: Oh?

Alternate Ben: Did you dimension-hop on purpose or by accident?

Ben: Uhm.. Accident?

Alternate Ben: Then you're unlucky.

Ben: What's happening, exactly?

Alternate Ben: We'll explain when you wake up.

Ben: What do you mean by-

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En 1869 en Australie une pépite d'or de 72kgs à été découverte son nom welcome stranger

John Deason et Richard Oates deux anglais en sont les heureux découvreurs

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Welcome Stranger

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whats new pussycat

You know what, It’s been awhile, I can welcome an old friend when I see one