Sutter's mill -- Gold! Gold! Gold! -- Forty-niners on the high seas -- Overland to the golden rivers -- Nuggets and gold dust -- With my washbowl on my knee -- A lady and a miner -- Life in the boom towns -- Rough justice in the camps -- Roaring city on the Golden Gate -- Oh, Californi-o!
Summary
Factual accounts brought together to show the decisive manner in which the forty-niners spurred the growth of the West.