California Gold Rush Project

CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH PROJECT

By: Braedyn G. HausdorfTaylor L. ColeLeah L. Hultz

Kenny W. Brant

The Beginning

Who were the key people of the California Gold Rusho James W. Marshall discovered gold while working at a

sawmill in Coloma, California for John Sutter Events that led to the “California Gold Rush”

John Sutter emigrated to California from Switzerland in 1839, became a Mexican citizen, and got a 50,000 acre land grant in the Sacramento Valley

On that land Sutter built Sutter’s Fort which was a place that had farming and other businesses developed on it and became a resting spot for immigrants immigrating to California

The Beginning Continued In 1847 Sutter employed James W. Marshall at a

sawmill on a site called Coloma, which is the place where gold was first struck

On January 4th, 1848, John Marshall picked up a piece of metal that looked like gold and showed Sutter. They tested it and confirmed that it was gold so Sutter wanted to keep it a secret so workers wouldn’t leave to search for gold and people wouldn’t dig up his lands

In late 1848, word got out and President James K. Polk confirmed accounts of gold and the striking of gold in California was nationwide news

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The Beginning Continued Again What was it like before the Gold Rush began?

Before the Gold Rush began, John Sutter was a business man who owned 50,000 acres and just owned business’

The towns in California where really small and there was very few people living on the untouched land

Where did it happen? It happened in the Sacramento Valley

Where were the people coming from? People were coming from all around the world to mine

the gold How did they get here?

Ship and wagon

The Beginning Bibliography

Bibliography Works Cited "How it started?." Kidport Home Page. N.p., n.d. Web.

6 Feb. 2012. <http://www.kidport.com/RefLib/UsaHistory/CalGoldRush/HowItStarted.htm>.

"The Gold Rush Chronicles." comspark.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Feb. 2012. <comspark.com/chronicles/golddisc.shtml>.

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The Middle of the Gold Rush

Miners came by themselves, leaving their families at home. Many miners suffered from home sickness from being alone

EARLY CALIFORNIA PRICES CURRENT.--Delano's "Life on the Plains and at the Diggings," gives the following as the prices paid at Lassen's Ranch, on September 17, 1849:

Flour, per 100 pounds .......... $50.00 Fresh beef, per 100 pounds .......... 35.00 Pork ... 75.00 Sugar ... 50.00 Cheese, per pound .......... 1.50

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H. A. Harrison, in a letter to the "Baltimore Clipper," datedSan Francisco, February 3, 1849, gives the following price-list:

Beef, per quarter .......... $20.00 Fresh Pork, per pound.......... .25 Butter, per pound .......... 1.00 Cheese, per pound .......... 1.00 Ham, per pound .......... 1.00 Flour, per barrel .......... 18.00 Pork, per barrel .......... $35 to 40.00 Coffee, per pound.......... .16

The Middle Continued Rice, per pound.......... .10

Teas, per pound .......... .60 cents to 1.00

Board, per week .......... 12.00

Labor, per day .......... $6 to 10.00

Wood, per cord .......... 20.00

Brick, per thousand .......... $50 to 80.00

Lumber, per thousand .......... 150.00

The Middle ContinuedWilliam D. Wilson, writing to the "St. Joseph ValleyRegister," on February 21, 1849, gives the following schedule of prices atSutter's Fort:

Flour, per barrel .......... $30 to $40.00 Salt Pork, per barrel .......... 110 to 150.00 Salt Beef, .......... 45 to 75.00 Molasses,.......... 30 to 40.00 Salt Salmon .......... 40 to 50.00 Beans, per pound .......... .20 Potatoes, .......... .14 Coffee, .......... 20 cents to .33 Sugar, .......... 20 cents to .30 Rice, .......... 20 cents to .30 Boots, per pair .......... $20 to 25.00 Shoes,.......... 3 to 12.00 Blankets .......... 40 to 100.00

Transportation by river from San Francisco to Sacramento, he says, was$6 per one hundred pounds. From Sacramento to the mines by team at the rate of$10 for every twenty-five miles.

John H. Miller, writing to the "St. Joseph Valley Register,"October 6, 1849, gives the following prices at Weberville, 60 miles fromSacramento:

Wagons .......... $40 to $80.00

Oxen, per yoke .......... 50 to 150.00

Mules, each .......... 90 to 150.00

Board, per meal, $1.50, or per week .......... 21.00

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The End of the Gold Rush What happened during the end of the Gold Rush

Period? Its social structure and culture were changed Farmers, ranchers, stores, and restaurants

took advantage of California’s rich agriculture What was life like towards the end?

They voted against slavery The forty-niners left Many veteran prospectors rushed to Australia and New Zealand

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Why was the Gold Rush so important to California history? Because they found out gold was just as good

as money It brought a lot of people over to California Got them immediate statehood

What was the impact of the Gold Rush in California It brought 500,000 men to California It was dramatic

The End of the Gold Rush Bibliography

"California Gold Rush." Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush>.

California, 1852, having voted against slavery, and was a state. "The California Gold Rush." Welcome to Calliope.... Calliope Film Resources, Inc, 1 Jan. 2009. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. <http://calliope.org/gold/gold2.html>.

"Why was the California gold rush so important." The Q&A wiki. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Feb. 2012. <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_was_the_California_gold_rush_so_important>.

Pictures Bibliography Works Cited Gold Rush. (2007). Retrieved from

http://www.library.ca.gov/goldrush/ The California State Library . (2007).

Retrieved 2012, from Gold Rush : http://www.library.ca.gov/

Communtiy Lutheran Church. (2010). Retrieved February 8, 2012, from Gold Rush: http://cloceanside.com/camp.asp

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