California Gold Rush

By Jundaasian

  • Gold is Found at Sutters Mill.

    Gold is Found at Sutters Mill.
    Gold is found at Sutters Mill by James Wilson Marshall.

  • Marshall reports gold to Sutter

    Marshall reports gold to Sutter
    Marshall tells his employer, Sutter, his discovery of gold and they both agree to keep quiet about the discovery.

  • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo
    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo made lots of Mexico's land the United States' including the future state of California.

  • Gold is discovered by Mormons.

    Gold was discovered by Mormons at the south fork of the American River.

  • The Californian prints the first gold discovery in California.

    The Californian prints the first gold discovery in California.
    The Californian is a newspaper based in San Francisco.

  • The news of gold become widespread.

    A publisher of the newspaper California Star brings gold into the streets of San Francisco and shouts the discovery of gold on the streets.

  • President Polk verifies the discovery of gold.

    President Polk verifies the discovery of gold.
    President Polk verifies that the gold discovered in California and the stories are in fact real.

  • The wagon train start departing for the West from Missouri and Iowa.

    The wagon train start departing for the West from Missouri and Iowa.
    The train was to arrive with 20,000 passengers to California.

  • California becomes a state as slave-free.

    California becomes a slave free state.