Castruccio Castracani
Castruccio Castracani , 1281-1328, duke of Lucca. His early life was spent in exile. After his return he was made captain (1316), then lord of Lucca (1320) for life. In the political wars that plagued Italy in the 14th cent. he led the Ghibellines of all Tuscany (see Guelphs and Ghibellines ), waged long wars against Florence, and conquered Volterra, Pistoia, and the Lunigiana. In 1327, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV recognized him as duke of Lucca. After quelling a rebellion in Pistoia, he died. His principality disappeared with him.
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Gold rushes are the stuff of legends. (TSXV: WGM).
M2 Presswire; 11/13/2006; 700+ words
; ...November 2006-StockInvestors.net: Gold rushes are the stuff of legends. (TSXV...GOLD MINES LTD. (TSXV: WGM) Gold rushes are the stuff of legends. Who can...fabulous tales of the California Gold Rush of 1849 without the heart beating...
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Gold rushes then and now: for better or worse, there's gold in them there portfolios.(BUILDING WEALTH: FOLLOWING THE FLOWS)
Magazine article from: Wealth Manager; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...t work. Within months, the California gold rush transformed San Francisco from a sleepy little...consider the lesson Sutter learned from the gold rush. "What a great misfortune was this sudden gold discovery for me!" he wrote in his diary...
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Arizona's gold rushes.
Magazine article from: Rocks & Minerals; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...seeking his fortune in gold in the inhospitable Sonoran...discoveries and subsequent rushes are worth mentioning...and the Mohave County rush in the northwest corner of the state. Discovery of Gold in Arizona The myth of...named Jake Snively panned gold in a bend in the river...sparked a ...
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The Automobile Gold Rushes and Depression Era Mining
Magazine article from: Engineering and Mining Journal; 8/1/1998; ; 355 words
; The Automobile Gold Rushes and Depression Era Mining, Charles...Miller Jr.'s The Automobile Gold Rushes and Depression Era Mining tells the...for this overview of the "second" gold rush that took place after the famed mid...
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Gold Rush Returns To AOL This Fall.
Business Wire; 4/17/2007; 700+ words
; 'Gold Rush Goes Hollywood' Builds on Success of the...away with the million dollar prize. "Gold Rush changed the online entertainment landscape...working with Mark Burnett again to produce 'Gold Rush Goes Hollywood'," said Mike Kelly...
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ALASKA/YUKON GOLD RUSH ONLINE TRIVIA CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED
PR Newswire; 5/21/1996; 700+ words
; ...in the Alaska/Yukon Gold Rush Treasure Hunt sponsored...opportunity to explore Gold Rush Country for himself...Lines, plus an ounce of gold nuggets. Bonnie Painter...Alaska and Yukon gold rushes can visit the gold rush Internet site (Gold...
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ALASKA AND YUKON GOLD RUSH TRIVIA CONTEST TO BEGIN FEB. 23 ON AMERICAN EXPRESS' EXPRESSNET
PR Newswire; 2/20/1996; 700+ words
; ...about the Alaska and Yukon gold rushes. "One hundred...everyone knew about the gold rush as gold rush fever ran rampant across...about the Alaska and Yukon gold rushes. When a contestant answers...the contest to Gold-Rush.org on the World Wide...
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A Fate Cast in Gold: Rush raised hopes, but most who came to California didn't strike it rich.(Originated from X X X)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/23/1998; 700+ words
; EDITOR'S NOTE: The Gold Rush shaped who Californians are as a...about their own ancestors and the Gold Rush,'' said Ron Brean, superintendent...Quicksilver Mines south of San Jose. The Gold Rush enriched as much as it degraded...
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Riches For All: The California Gold Rush and the World
Magazine article from: The Americas; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...complete understanding of the Gold Rush struggled to be born across...once to keep the Gold Rush in mind as a comprehensive...Rohrbough envisions the Gold Rush as international...essay on the other gold rushes in the Asia Pacific Basin...The impact of the Gold ...
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Gold Rush Saints: California Mormons and the Great Rush for Riches.(Book review)
Magazine article from: California History; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; GOLD RUSH SAINTS: CALIFORNIA MORMONS AND THE GREAT...was more significant in setting off the Gold Rush than the earlier discovery at Sutter's...contributed in other ways to the development of Gold Rush California. Responding to the counsel of...
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Gold Rushes
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Gold Rushes. The nineteenth century was the great era of North American gold rushes.Beginning in North Carolina in 1799, gold rushes were initially a southern phenomenon...piedmont of the Appalachians. A rush in the Cherokee Nation contributed...
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gold rushes
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
gold rushes Sudden influxes of...The most famous gold rush was to California...The second great rush was to Australia...the richest alluvial gold field ever known...x2013;60. Later rushes were to New Zealand...
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Gold Rush, California
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
GOLD RUSH, CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH, CALIFORNIA. When...white women in the 1850s signaled the end of gold rush society. Newly arrived middle-class women...mining companies. Indeed, most of the gold rush fortunes were not made by extracting the...
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Gold Rush of 1849
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
GOLD RUSH OF 1849 On January 24, 1848 a New Jersey prospector James Marshall discovered gold on the American River in northern California...meal was $5.00. The cost before the Gold Rush was 25 cents. In spite of high prices that...
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Gold Rush
Book article from: American Eras
Gold Rush Sources Sutter’s Mill. On 24...Early Success. The early days of the Gold Rush provided the greatest opportunity for the...mining. The New York Herald reports on the Gold Rush The California Gold Rush excited the imaginations...
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