California gold rush

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The California Gold Rush, 1848 to 1855, began on January 24th, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the United States and all corners of the world. Yes, they were known as "Argonauts." And while the Gold Rush did include thousands of miners heading west in wagons, many of the first prospectors actually arrived by ship. Few of them had a return ticket. And within months, San…

Their work was hard and dirty. Disease spread quickly. Native populations were displaced and murdered. This is the story of how California became the Golden State.

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Thomas has looked at these miners with respect but does not agree with their lifestyle and prefers the calm and less dangerous life of being a banker.

Illustration: “How We Got Gold in California.” Credit: Harper’s Weekly; Wikimedia Commons. Read more on the GenealogyBank blog: “Stories Told by California Gold Rush Obituaries.” https://blog.genealogybank.com/stories-told-by-california-gold-rush-obituaries.html

Library Exhibits :: Gold Rush. From an article about the Goldrush on the Villanova University website.