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The California Gold Rush started on January 24 1848.  A Californio, Mariano Vallejo,  owned 250,000 acres of land.  John Sutter, a Swiss
immigrant,  persuaded the governor to grant him 50,000 acres in the
unsettled Sacramento Valley. In 1848, Sutter sent a carpenter named James Marshall to build a
sawmill on the nearby American River. One day Marshall inspected the
canal that brought water to Sutter’s Mill. It was gold. Sooner people kept coming to California wishing to find gold.

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LOOK AT A NEW PERSPECTIVE

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                                                      YEW NORK TIMES

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January 28 1848

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I've traveled a long and dangerous route to reach California but it was somewhat worth it. I had 3 options:
1. Sail 18,000 miles around South America
and up the Pacific coast suffering from
storms, seasickness, and spoiled food.
2. Sail to the narrow Isthmus of Panama,
cross overland (and risk catching a
deadly tropical disease), and then sail to
California.
3. Travel the trails across North America-
braving rivers, prairies, mountains, and
all the hardships of the trail.
If that wasn't bad enough, because we did not have our normal materials, prices for extra tools were outrageous.
Also, it was very crowded! When I was digging for gold I heard a man say that at least 250,000 people crowding into California.

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I have arrived in America due to a failure of crops in the region back in China. I have come here for gold and I refuse to leave without it. I also am not the only one. It seems that with every 10 people there is 1 Chinese man. The selfish and greedy Americans had forced us out of certain mines just so they won't have much competition. Also, how dare they impose a tax on us, foreigners, $20 a month just because we aren't Americans? But we will and did push through. There are so many Chinese stores around that we have gotten a name!  "Chinatown"! Very creative I know.