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The First Gold Found
James Marshall a carpenter found gold while building a sawmill for his business partner James Sutter. This began a big period of history.
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Gold Rush TImespan
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News Carried to Oregon
News was carried to Oregon. A ship captain told people the about gold findings. That brought people from Oregon to join the gold rush.
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Sutters Mill
About 4,000 prospectors were mining on Sutter’s property looking for gold. Not many people found gold at Sutters mill. Picture, en.wikipedia.org -
The Rumors are True!
President James K. Polk officially announced that all the news reports were true, there was gold in California.
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San Francisico
estimates say that San Francisco grew from a population of about 800 people in 1848 to more than 35,000 in 1849!
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Making Money
By 1850 about 1,000 have moved to California to wash clothes and make home cooked meals for the miners. Some women made 50 to 100 dollars a week!
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Mailing Gold
John Fargo and Henry Wells open a mailing service. It sent mail fast between San Fracisico and other U.S cities. It was called Wells Fargo. This helped prospecters send money to their families.
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California Became a State
California became a state because of all the people who moved there during the gold rush. This increased the population of people who moved there.
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Most Surface Gold was removed
Most of the gold on the surface was removed. Most people did not find much gold though. Big companies started to hydralic mineing,which damages the land.
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The Rush Ends
The Gold Rush ends and most prospectors and their families leave California and go back to their homes. The population lowers and the comotion dies down which leaves ghost towns.
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