Amousican History - The California Gold Rush by coa

Vue • Historical • posted on Oct 17, 2006

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On January 24,1848 James Mousehall (mispelled in history books as Marshall) discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, touching off the California Gold Rush. Initially there was very little interest, until Sam Brannan (after buying all the pick axes, pans & shovels in the region) ran through the streets of San Francisco with a bottle of gold dust. In 9 weeks he made over $36,000.00. Most of the hopeful youg adventureres left their homes in 1849 and were known as the "forty-niners". The ones who really made the money were the entrepenuers - in 1853 a man stitched a pair of pants out of canvas and in 1872 added the critical metal rivet - Levi Strauss. A New York Butcher opened up a meat market - Phillip Armour. Armour's neighbour started making wagons for the families headed to California - John Studebaker. Two men started an honest banking and delivery system - Henry Wells & William Fargo. An entrprising young man started writing for a San Francisco newspaper; there, his fanciful story about a frog jumping contest thrust him into the limelight - Samuels Clemens better known as Mark Twain. By the way, Sutter sold off his land not really believing any of this and went broke. "The guys" are hgappy to have mde this big contribution to Amousican History! Daz; RDNA Thanks in advance for all your smiles and comments!! They are so much appreciated!!! Have a super week and see you next Tuesday for more fun!

Comments (46)

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Mondwin

11:30AM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Amazing and fabulous as always my dear Wendy!!!!!!!!!!!bravissima!!:DDD.Hugsxx

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kelvinhughes

11:31AM | Tue, 17 October 2006

amazing Wendy most excellent well done

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Darthmagus

11:42AM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Excellent poses! A very pleasant scene!

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Junglegeorge

11:45AM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Excellent scene :-)

Mylo

12:02PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Amousican history should be proud of the picture. Never saw a mouse jump that high..LOL

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Irish

12:03PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

I can almost feel his joy at striking gold! Fun, fabulous scene with all the little fellas gathered around the stream where the gold flows like water if you only but look! OUTSTANDING ~ FABULOUS ~

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TallPockets

12:27PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Thar's GOLD in them thar hills! Excellent work and commentary!!

Terreinconnue

12:36PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

The fever of gold ! Excellent :)

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petemohr

12:51PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

goldrush, a large topic in mankind history, very funny represented! again an image, which shows your great imagination. very beautiful done! :)

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mamabobbijo

1:26PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

This entire series is quite simply delightful! I always stop to look and smile, but rarely have time to comment. This would make a great teaching tool. The characters are so engaging. Thanks for sharing your whimsical imagination. BJ

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Lyne

1:26PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Love this!! Lots happening to look at, and perfectly done landscape parts!! Just fun!!

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lwperkins

1:41PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

That's gold in that there render--adorable and perfectly posed, too!

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FrenchKiss

1:51PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

This is great, Wendy! well done!

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mejed

1:59PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

This series needs to be a book, So everyone could look at the images, read the history and smile. Great work once again my friend.

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sackrat

2:21PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Love those(ore-panning)Mousies !

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Trelawney

2:22PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

There's gold in them there renders m'dear! >8o)

Traligill

2:34PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

:):):) particularly like he little fella jumping for joy lol

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criss

2:39PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Very funny image!!! :D Love the place, I wish to be there and, maybe, to become a rich man! LOL!

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vilian

2:57PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Can I go and search for gold with them ? Awesome scenery and thank you for some interesting facts. Love the guy struggling with his donkey :)

IQ200

3:07PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Excellent! Very funny and historical :-)

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DennisReed

3:14PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Absolutely delightful! :)

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Petra-S

3:18PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Fantastic scene...ob sie wohl Gold finden!

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Bea

5:31PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

Thanks for this Coa I love it :)

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Shari123

6:30PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

LOL I'd be hooping and hollering too if I found gold! The other poor meecies don't seem to have discovered any though. Wonderful posing of the guys this week. I love the one struggling with horse in the back. Well done!

MimiCat

8:50PM | Tue, 17 October 2006

lovely scene, Wendy:)

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