The Luck of the 49ersThe Luck of the 49ers

• Let’s take a closer look at the California Gold Rush…

Did everyone who moved to Did everyone who moved to California during the Gold Rush California during the Gold Rush

strike it rich?strike it rich?$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Would you move to a new place if you thought that you had a chance of

becoming rich?

The People:The People:Not everyone who moved to Not everyone who moved to California came in search of California came in search of

GoldGold• Some people

came with high hopes of finding their own pot of gold and making it rich in California

• Others came hoping to make it rich by providing services to the 49ers

Take a look at the variety of people who migrated to California

The Geography:The Geography:The Discovery of Gold in The Discovery of Gold in

CaliforniaCalifornia•Was gold found in the sandy

beaches or in the shores of the mountain rivers?

•Learn more about the discovery of gold...

The Society:The Society:If you moved to a far away If you moved to a far away

place, where would you place, where would you live?live?

• It would be scary to move to a new country, state, or town and not know where to go or what to do…

• Eventually small mining towns developed near places where gold was prevalent.

• The first mining settlements

Now that you know more Now that you know more about the Gold Rush…about the Gold Rush…

would you risk everything to would you risk everything to find gold in California?find gold in California?

The hardships of traveling and starting a new life with an uncertain outcome is worth the chance of discovering gold at the end of the California Rainbow.