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A 5 page overview of the so-called "gold rush" days. The author details the varying impacts of the initial discovery of gold in California and notes the similarities in impacts at subsequent discoveries of the Comstock Load and the Klondike gold rush. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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in the United States had many similarities yet many differences in terms of their social, economic, technological, and political impacts. The so-called "gold rush" actually encompasses a number of
discoveries in a diversity of locations. One of the first of these discoveries occurred in the California territory near the junction of the Sacramento and American Rivers. This
discovery was spearheaded largely by the efforts of Swiss born Johann Augustus Suter, a man that would ultimately become known as John Sutter (Comspark.com, 2004). Sutter was able to
negotiate a 48,000 land grant from Mexican Governor Alvarado (Comspark.com, 2004). Sutter purchased even more land from the Russians (Comspark.com, 2004). One of the most important discoveries of
the gold rush years would occur on Sutters newly acquired land and it would occur during one of the most turbulent times of the regions history. This discovery occurred
just after the war between the United States and Mexico (Comspark.com, 2004). There were many smaller discoveries as well during this period as well as some large
ones. Two of the more interesting are the Klondike discovery and the Comstock load. Sutter had great visions for his land.
He entered into an agreement with James Marshall, another new arrival to the region, to build a saw mill at what would ultimately become known as Culluma Valley (Comspark.com, 2004).
The saw mill was funded by Sutter and designed and built under the supervision of Marshall using primarily Mormon labor (Comspark.com, 2004). During the construction, in the latter
part of January 1848, Marshall discovered gold (Comspark.com, 2004). The war between the U.S. and Mexico was winding to a halt. The Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty, in fact, would
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