Table of Contents: “…Part 1: California and Nevada, 1849-1880. "I am willing to go with you to any part of God's foot stool" / Mary Jane Hayden ; "We are satisfied to dig our gold in San Francisco" / Jerusha Merrill ; "I suppose you thought me foolish in wishing to go" / Lucetta Rogers ; "We surely thought a hoodoo was over us" / Mrs. …”