Historical california gold

major event during the goldrush

  • The donner party left

    The donner party left
    The Donner Party left Oregon in the spring of the year 1846. By the year of 1847 42 of the 87 travelers had died. They died from dieases and starvation.
  • The donnor party rescue

    The donnor party rescue
    On Febuary 19th of 1847 The first rescue team had arrived at the donner parties location.
  • Start of the gold rush

    Start of the gold rush
    On January of 1849, many people came to california seeking gold. This event was later named The Gold Rush.
  • Immigrants to California

    Immigrants to California
    Between the years 1849 and 1853 over 24,000 chinese men moved to California. In the year 1849 over 20,000 immigrants arrived. Not all of them were chinese, some of them were from Europe, Mexico, and South America.
  • The peak of the gold rush

    The peak of the gold rush
    In this year over 2 billion dollars was found in gold.
  • The end of the Gold rush

    The end of the Gold rush
    This was the last year that was considered the California gold rush.