The California Gold Rush: How the News of Gold Attracted 300,000 People to the West

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.

On the morning of January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall was inspecting the mill race at Sutter's Mill when something glinting in the shallow water caught his eye. That moment of discovery would transform California from a remote Mexican territory into the most sought-after destination in the world, setting in motion one of the largest voluntary migrations in human history. The discovery of gold at Coloma would attract over 300,000 people to Ca...