California Gold Rush

I am studying in history about the California Gold Rush which was a big thing in California.  So I am going to tell you a little about it.

Would you go to California if you heard there was gold there free for taking?  Well, many people did.  The mad rush to California started in 1849.  Men and woman had heard that John Sutter's Fort in California had discovered gold. These men and woman traveled by land or sea just to get to California for gold.

Sadly, only 1 in 20 walked away rich.  A lot of men would look, and look for gold and not find any. Some men did find lots of gold. This caused prices of items and food to go up. Woman started to do laundry for 5 nuggets of gold each.  One egg went from 49 cents to 3 dollars and 50 cents.

California was a long journey for some people.   Although men traveled a long way, they still thought it was worth it.  Well I don't think it was!