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Boat People, Swimmers and Refugees
When Eleanor Swent began teaching English as a Second Language in 1967 at a school for adults in Oakland, California, she soon learned that many of the Asian immigrants in her …
Asian Refugees in America
When Eleanor Swent began teaching English as a Second Language in 1967 at a school for adults in Oakland, California, she soon learned that many of the Asian immigrants in her …
One Shot for Gold
In 1978, a geologist working for the Homestake Mining Company discovered gold in a remote corner of California's Napa County. This discovery led to the establishment of …
Landing Uphill
Award-winning historian Eleanor Swent writes about going as a young bride in 1947 to a remote silver mine in Tayoltita, Mexico, landing in the mountains inland from Mazatlan, in a …
One Shot for Gold
Winner of the 2023 Clark Spence Award from the Mining History Association!An account of the creation of a modern, environmentally sensitive mine as told by the people who developed …