"Nevada City Gold - with Brian" presents topics particular to the rich history of Nevada City and environs, but I also write about other...

Life is full of many pleasant surprises. Receiving not only one, but two awards – a silver and a gold – from the Independent Publisher...

African American slavery arrived in California with the rush for gold in 1849, and continued for years after. Slavery was outlawed in...

Mark is always saving the lives of dogs and cats. In the past, I occasionally found time to involve myself with his efforts. It has come...

There may be more than one place on this earth that resonates as “home” for a person. One of my homes would be the San Juan Islands in...

Deer Creek meanders quietly through Nevada City on an Autumn afternoon. You can read more about the Tribute Trail which crosses Deer...

I was fortunate to be a guest at the Red Castle on two separate occasions. I spent one night each visit, while the home was still...

Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Inventor, eccentric, and aviation pioneer. Lyman’s first attempts at flight were with gliders he had designed. He...

Summer’s bounty has arrived, and along with it are copious amounts of figs ripening on the fig tree almost daily. What to do with all of...

Nevada City’s gold lies not only in it’s wonderful history, the gold ore still hidden beneath the ground, or the storied lives of its...

On occasion, I have wondered how those early residents of Nevada City managed baking and canning in their kitchens. I would imagine that...

Emma Wixom, aka. Emma Nevada Born 1859 at Alpha mining camp near Nevada City, Died 1940 in Liverpool, England. Celebrated coloratura...

CDV photograph of Ada Briggs, taken by Abraham Bogardus in New York in the 1870s. Barnum Circus Fat Lady of splendid renown. Born in...

"Will you play weeze me, Monsieur? Oui?" Eleanor arrived in Nevada City in 1854, a petite, young and attractive French woman. After...