Poker Flat, California
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Poker Flat, California is a fictional 19th-century mining camp in the Sierra Nevada, best known as the isolated frontier setting of Bret Harte’s short story “The Outcasts of Poker Flat.”
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional mining camp
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fictional settlement ⓘ literary setting ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
American realism
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Western fiction ⓘ local color fiction ⓘ |
| associatedWithEventType | vigilante expulsion ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
exile
ⓘ
frontier justice ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ redemption ⓘ social judgment ⓘ |
| climateContextInStory | winter snowstorm ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | American Old West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceApproximateYear | 1869 ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceAuthor | Bret Harte NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceWork | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicalFeatureNearby |
mountain pass
ⓘ
pine forest ⓘ |
| hasFictionalInhabitantsType |
gamblers
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miners ⓘ prostitutes ⓘ vigilantes ⓘ |
| hasMediumOfOrigin | print literature ⓘ |
| hasNotableFictionalEvent |
banishment of outcasts
GENERATED
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death of outcasts in the snow GENERATED ⓘ snowbound isolation of travelers GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasPrimaryEconomicActivity |
gold mining
ⓘ
placer mining ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsSetting | The Outcasts of Poker Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasWorkAsSettingType | short story ⓘ |
| inspiredByHistoricalContext | California Gold Rush mining camps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovementContext | American regionalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimePeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| mediumOfMostFamousWork | magazine publication ⓘ |
| namedAfter | poker ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | setting for moral drama ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | isolated frontier settlement ⓘ |
| regionOfFictionalState | Northern California Sierra Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingType | frontier mining camp ⓘ |
| timeOfFictionalEvents | California Gold Rush era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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