University of Exeter: Scholars Ask for Help in Uncovering Nisenan and Cornish Links
July 11, 2024
July 11, 2024
EXETER, England, July 11 (TNSres) -- The University of Exeter issued the following news:
Scholars in Cornwall are asking family historians at home and in California to help track the links between Cornish immigrants, known for hardrock mining, and the Nisenan people, ancient and current inhabitants of the land now called the Gold Country.
Like others from around the world, Cornish miners flocked to the Sierra Nevada foothills with the 1849 gold rush. Most of the Cornish . . .
Scholars in Cornwall are asking family historians at home and in California to help track the links between Cornish immigrants, known for hardrock mining, and the Nisenan people, ancient and current inhabitants of the land now called the Gold Country.
Like others from around the world, Cornish miners flocked to the Sierra Nevada foothills with the 1849 gold rush. Most of the Cornish . . .