This is the story of gold in the Plumas Eureka Area near Graeagle, California nestled in the northern Sierra Nevada. This story reaches back 500 million years in geologic time to show the dynamics of the formation of the mountains, where the gold came from, and how these changes are continuing to the present. This is also the story of the people who pulled up stakes in the east and came west to help develop the western United States and how gold changed them. This book also covers the wonderful things you will see in Plumas Eureka State Park, and is not just for reading, but is also for experiencing when visiting the State Park. Authors, Bob Hartman, George Ross, and Keith Papke are three men who have specialized in geology, assaying, and history, and this book is a valuable guide to the gold region and environs of the Plumas Eureka State Park area and a wonderful guide to the gold experience you will have there. Well illustrated throughout with historic and contemporary photographs. Paperbound: 127 pages: 6.75 x 9.875"