The story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" is set in the West near the Sierra Mountains during the year 1850, a year after the 49ers reached California for gold. ... As this group travels to Sandy Bar, a nearby town across a steep mountain range, they make camp surrounded by the granite cliffs of the Sierra Mountains and proceed to get drunk, excluding John Oakhurst who does not drink due to his profession. ... After introductions and a failed attempt by John to persuade the two lovers to go to Poker Flat so that they could be married, they all decide to go make camp at a nearby patched-up log ca...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School