Gold Rush! Series

It's now 1869. Jake and Jerrod Wilson have done very well for themselves after striking gold in California. But troubling news arrives from back home in New York, where their banker and family friend Mr. Quail sends word that a gang led by William "Boss" Tweed has overrun Brooklyn. And so, armed with evidence that should send Tweed to prison for life, Jake and Jerrod decide to sell their mine and travel home on the newly constructed Transcontinental Railroad. But the Boss has heard they are coming and plans to stop them from ever returning.

Jerrod Wilson is forced to leave behind a comfortable and secure life to travel from New York to California. There are three separate routes with their own challenges to overcome: overland through the extreme conditions of Indian Territory and rugged terrain; by ship to the Isthmus of Panama and then through the dense jungles of Central America; or take a long, perilous voyage all around the tip of South America’s Cape Horn.

The gold rush is on! Sell your land, pack your bags, and grab the next ride out, because fortune lies just 2,500 miles away.