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The Doner Party was a group of Western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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The Gold Rush Started in 1847.
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Sutter sent a carpenter named James Marshall to build a sawmill besides a nearby river.
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About 80,000 gold seekers came to California.
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The population grows to about 800.
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About 24,000 Chinese men moved to California.
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About 20,000 immigrants moved to California.
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California became the 31st state.
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The population grew to more than 25,000.
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California placed a highly monthly tax on all miners.
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California's production was $60 million.
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Catherine Haun moved to California. Haun's husband was a lawyer he concluded that he can make more money practing the law than panning for gold. He was one of the people who made a good living supplying miners food, clothing, equipment, and other services.
