2006-11-03 11:28:00 · 8 answers · asked by Nicole S 2 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ Other - United States
some guy found gold in California, and told some other people, and then all of a sudden everyone wanted to move to California to "get rich"
2006-11-03 11:32:14 · answer #1 · answered by that one girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Marshall was a carpenter contracted to build a water powered sawmill. While working on the tail race of the mill small yellow rocks the size of peas were found. The workers were not sure it was gold. Eventually they melted the gold "rocks" on a shovel and determined they were gold. The find was casually mentioned in correspondence back east . And the 1849 California gold rush was on. gold rush was born. Mr Marshall was hired by many companies to find gold for them but he was no miner and had little success.Check my facts as this is just off the top of my head.
2006-11-04 05:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by carolinatinpan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A man named John Sutter comes to mind, and I learned that gold was actually discovered in '48, but the rush started a year later.
2006-11-03 11:46:10 · answer #3 · answered by pureessence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
John Marshall found gold while running Sutter's sawmill in 1848.
2006-11-03 11:51:47 · answer #4 · answered by STEVEN B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep, in 1849 the big gold rush was on. somebody found gold in the calif. hills and the word got out. thus: "the 49'ers" as in football, lol....
2006-11-03 11:32:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
great Britain, interior the Olympics is composed of people from Scotland, Northern eire, Wales and England. England interior the soccer is merely English gamers, Scotland had their very own (rubbish) soccer group
2016-12-28 12:08:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Gold_Rush
2006-11-03 11:35:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.
2006-11-03 11:30:57 · answer #8 · answered by misskate12001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋