California Gold Rush

[edit] The Mahalo Top 7

1. California Gold Rush: Gold Rush Sesquicentennial Series  
2. Wikipedia: California Gold Rush
3. PBS: American Experience | The Gold Rush
4. California State Library: Gold Rush
5. Nevada County Gold: California Gold Rush Stories: Becoming California
6. Oakland Museum: Untold Stories of the California Gold Rush
7. San Francisco Museum: Eyewitness to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill (1848)  

[edit] California Gold Rush Background

• California Geological Survey: Gold Discovery
• Glittering: Letters, writings, and photographs from the California Gold Rush
• Historic Highway 49: California Gold Rush History
• Library of Congress: The Chinese in California
• National Parks Service: Seeing the Elephant: The California Gold Rush 
• NCGold.com: Stories of the California Gold Rush

[edit] California Gold Rush Figures

• Wikipedia: List of people associated with the California Gold Rush
• James W. Marshall
• John Sutter
• Samuel Brannan
• Charles H. Bennett (soldier)

[edit] California Gold Rush Images and Media

• Google Image Search: California Gold Rush
• Malakoff.com: Gold Rush Images
• Oakland Museum of California: Images of the California Gold Rush
• IMDb: California Gold Rush (1981) (TV)

[edit] California Gold Rush Books and Research

• Amazon.com: California Gold Rush Books and Merchandise
• Barnes and Noble: Books on the California Gold Rush
• California State University Library: The Gold Rush of California: A Bibliography of Periodical Articles
• California Gold Rush Resources: Gold Rush
• Harvard: Immigration to the United States, 1789-1930: Gold Rush (1848-1858)

[edit] California Gold Rush Articles

• Not Frisco: California Gold Rush Articles
• San Francisco Museum: California Star: "A Rush to the Gold Washings" (1848)
• EyeWitness to History: The California Gold Rush (1849)
• San Francisco Museum: Discovery of Gold (1857) 
• San Francisco Museum: "African American Rights During the Gold Rush Era" (1966)
• Indiana University: IUB research team explores Gold Rush-era shipwreck on Northern California coast (2003)
• eNotes: Literature of the California Gold Rush

[edit] California Gold Rush Timeline

[edit] 1848

• January 24: Gold is discovered by James Marshall in the sawmill being built for John Sutter in Coloma
• February 2: Brig “Eagle” bought first shipload of Chinese workers to San Francisco
• March 11: Sutter's Mill is completed and ready to begin operations
• March 11: Gold is discovered by Mormons on the American River
• March 15: The Californian, a San Francisco newspaper, first reports the discovery
• May 12: Samuel Brannan runs up and down the streets of San Francisco shouting, "Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!"
• May 16: Claude Chana and a party of Indians discover gold at Auburn Ravine
• August 19: An item on the discovery of gold is printed in The New York Herald
• October 6: The California, the first ship of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., sets sail from New York to California
• December 5: President James Polk tells Congress about the gold in California, making gold fever stronger

[edit] 1849

• April 1: The Oregon arrives in San Francisco, with mail, supplies and passengers
• April 1: First wagon train leaves from Missouri and Iowa, with 20,000 people, headed for California
• June 23: Two nuggets, one 40 ounces and the other 25 pounds, are discovered in the American River
• December 31: Population of San Francisco was estimated at 100,000 including 35,000 people who came by sea, 3000 sailors who deserted ships and 42,000 who came overland

[edit] 1850

• April 13: Foreign Miners' Tax is passed, costing foreign miners a monthly license fee of $20
• May 1: The Panama sails for the East with $1,500,156 in gold dust

[edit] California Gold Rush Humor and Satire

• California State Library: Gold Mania Satirized
• Library of Congress: Gold Rush
• Cartoon Stock: California Gold Rush Vintage Cartoon Images

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