CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSHBy: Ryleigh Allison

JOHN SUTTER

• Sutter's FORT WAS THE FIRST PLACE GOLD WAS SPOTTED IN California

• James Marshall was the man who spotted the gold by Sutter's mill

• President James k. Polk confirmed the discovery of gold at Sutter's fort

• Sam brannan told of Sutter's secret which started the gold rush

• Sutter’s dream of building a fort was crushed by miners searching for gold

POPULATION

• the first gold seekers arrived in California on January 24th , 1848

• In one year California's population grew from 15,000 to 100,000

• By the end of the 1800’s California had a population of 380,000

• During 1870, san Francisco's population had surged past 150,000

• By 2011, more than 800,000 people were living in san Francisco

VIOLENCE AND TROUBLES

• The gold rush made violence common between prospectors and Indians

• Travelers were given no established land rules, this means that the first to arrive had the most chance of success

• Gambling, alcohol, and murder were common in mining camps

• Many miners used gambling and spent all of their newly earned money without thinking

• The California gold rush left countless miners financially ruined or even dead