The Gold Rush By Luke B.

The Gold Rush was a very interesting thing. It was very interesting because of how the gold was found, the huge migration west, what everyone was doing to get the gold in California, and all the conversation about it.

The person that found the gold was Marshall. Marshall was working for Sutter at Sutter’s mill. Marshall was going to check on the mill to see how it was doing and coming along when he saw something shiny in the stream. It was GOLD! He got it and took it to Sutter and they tested it and found it was real. Sutter and Marshall swore to keep it a secret but something that big couldn’t stay hidden too long. So soon everyone new.

Then that made the huge migration west happen. Everyone went west to get California's gold. So many people went and almost went crazy from not being there. Many people call that gold fever. There were many people thinking they would go then get rich and come back quickly, but that wasn’t really going to happen. Men were almost the only people who went because they thought that the women couldn’t do it as well as they could and women would get hurt. So it was almost all men going. Some went in huge wagons through the land and others went on gigantic boats over ocean. Both were hard and painful, but lots wanted gold so much that they got hurt and went through all the pain.

Many did so much for the gold. Lots did the hard journey and some fought for gold. So many found gold just not many got enough to be rich. The largest piece of gold weighed about 195lbs. Lots were all about the gold and getting rich. In most cases though the people selling the equipment to get the gold made more money then the miners themselves. They had so many people that would buy the equipment then not get any gold. In this gold rush though you were either the person sad they got nothing, or the very rich person that became a millionaire.

There were many books, newspapers, and conversations about the gold rush. It was everywhere. Everyone wanted to know who got rich or who got nothing. They needed to know everything. It was like they were there. Even if they knew no one in the gold rush they needed to know about it so there were many newspapers made about it. Even the president knew about what was happening. Most had a husband there or a father that was in the Gold Rush, so they all wanted to know if there family would be rich soon. Then that involved reading the newspaper or books about it. If you didn’t read the newspaper then you would ask a friend about what what was happening and many were having conversations with friends about who got this and who did that.

Clearly, the gold rush is a very interesting thing. It is interesting because of how it was found, the huge migration west, and what people were doing for the gold.