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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 1849

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 1849. SUTTER’S MILL. John a. Sutter-Mexican Land Grant 50,000 acres in California Dream-estate in the wilderness 18,00 head of horse, cattle, pigs, etc. JANUARY 1848. GOLD SUTTER’S FARM. GOLD FEVER. THOUSAND S DROP WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND HEAD FOR CALIFORNIA.

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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 1849

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  1. CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 1849

  2. SUTTER’S MILL • John a. Sutter-Mexican Land Grant • 50,000 acres in California • Dream-estate in the wilderness • 18,00 head of horse, cattle, pigs, etc.

  3. JANUARY 1848 • GOLD SUTTER’S FARM

  4. GOLD FEVER • THOUSANDS DROP WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND HEAD FOR CALIFORNIA.

  5. STRIKING IT RICH • A man name Shufelt made out pretty good, but not all miners struck it rich. As a matter of fact most did not. • Today, $82.72 would be $1,893. You do the math on the others.

  6. CALIFORNIA GOLD…FREE FOR THE TAKING! • THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA WAS SWARMED WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD

  7. CALIFORNIA HITS THE MOTHER LODE • FIVE YEARS LATER A CARPENTER WORKING AT A CALIFORNIA SAWMILL FOUND GOLDFLAKES IN A STAPEDE TO NORT CALIFPRNIA GOLD FIELDS.

  8. THE IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THE GOLD RUSH • THE GOLD RUSH LASTED ONLY SEVEN YEARS. • EVERY FEW PEOPLE GOT RICH AND THE ONE WHO DID WASTED ALL ON GAMBLING OR WILD SPENDING. • ARE TOWNS THAT JUST STARTED UP FOR NO REASON AND ONE TOWN ON THE YUBA RIVER THERE WHERE ONLY TWO HOUSE’S WHEN THE MINER WENT THERE AND HE WENT BACK A YEAR LATER AND THERE WAS A 1,000 PEOPLE LIVING THERE. • THE GOLD RUSH ENDED WITHIN A FEW YEARS BUT HAD LASTING EFFECTS ON CALIFORNIA’S ECONOMY.

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