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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Unsettled Boundaries Subtitle: Fraser Gold and the British-American Northwest Author: Robert E Ficken Narrator: Richard Peterson Format: Unabridged Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins Language: English Release date: 06-27-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: Responding to reports of gold discoveries on the Fraser River, thousands of prospectors from California and other points on the Pacific coast crossed the 49th parallel to British territory in 1858. Most returned to San Francisco and Puget Sound later in the same year, blaming their failure to find wealth in the river canyons on uncooperative Hudson's Bay Company officials and the English government. Viewing events from the perspective of California, historians have generally considered the gold rush a failure. In reality, the Fraser River experience was a sustained success, continuing be