By Mark A. Eifler
In January of 1848, James Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill within the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. For a yr later on, information of this discovery unfold outward from California and commenced a mass migration to the gold fields. millions of individuals from the East Coast intending to begin new lives in California financed their trip West at the assumption that they'd be capable of locate wealth. a few have been profitable, many weren't, yet all of them completely replaced the face of the yank West.
In this article, Mark Eifler examines the stories of the miners, demonstrates how the gold rush affected the us, and strains the improvement of California and the yankee West within the moment half the 19th century. This migration dramatically shifted transportation structures within the US, ended in a extra strong federal function within the West, and taken approximately mining legislation that lasted good into the 20th century. fundamental assets from the period and net fabrics support readers understand what it used to be like for those nineteenth-century american citizens who gambled every thing at the pursuit of gold.
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