The Forty-Niners The California Gold Rush

The World Rushes In 2/3 of 49ers were Americans, rest from – Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia, and China Most were young and male

Life in the Mining Camps No police, camps rough Miners took it on themselves to punish crimes Crimes were common: murders, whippings, hangings, suicides, and duels Digging for gold – tough work: digging up mud and stones, knee-deep in icy streams.

The 49ers Legacy 3 years later, Gold Rush over (gold ran out) California’s Indians suffered: warfare and disease reduced population from 150,000 to 30,000 So many came, California had enough people to become the first state in the far west “the Golden State”