The Ladies of Sutter's Fort

All America went crazy when gold was discovered in California in 1849, Which explains why the characters in Gold! act as they do. Life was far from normal in Sutter's Fort or even San Francisco. When Pamela and Selena, mother and daughter, find themselves in the wildest unruliest place in the world, its not just their reputations but their very lives that are at risk in this crazy mad time?