Posted on March 11th, 2010 by smith
The California Gold Rush 1848â “1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. As news of the discovery spread, some 300,000 people came to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. These early gold-seekers, called "forty-niners," traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly-arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush also attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia and Asia. At first, the prospectors retrieved the gold from streams and riverbeds using simple techniques, such as panning, and later developed more sophisticated methods of gold recovery that were adopted around the world. Gold worth billions of today's dollars was recovered, leading to great wealth for a few; many, however, returned home with little more than they started with.the gold rush was about all these people going to CALIFORNIA to find gold they createed boom towns when they got there and when there were no more gold they would turn into ghost towns i hope i helped at least a little bitWhen gold was discovered in California, a great many people in the east went west to try to find gold and make their fortunes. Some artisans and merchants found it easier to get the gold of those that mined it.That's the Gold Rush in a nutshell.#If you have any other info about this subject , Please add it free.# |
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