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The Forty-niners: The California Gold Rush

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The Forty-niners:

The discovery of gold in January, 1848 at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, by James Marshall was the beginning of the California gold rush. It took some time for the news of the first discoveries to spread and then to be believed as credible. Gold had been found in small quantities several years before, and only the actual sight of the metal in considerable weight could excite men's imaginations and dreams of riches and adventure.

By 1849 the westward migration was in fu...