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California Gold Rush

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No one could have imagined the

far-reaching implications of thediscovery of gold at Sutter's Millin Northern California.

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Getting the Gold"It is found along the banks of the streams & in the

beds of the same & in almost every little ravine

putting into the streams. And often from 10 to 50 ft.

from the beds up the bank. We sometimes have to

dig several feet deep before we find any, in other

places all the dirt & clay will pay to wash, butgenerally the clay pays best. If there is no clay, then it

is found down on the rock. All the lumps are found

on the rock--& most of the fine gold. We tell when it

will pay by trying the dirt with a pan. This is called

prospecting here. If it will pay from six to 12 1/2 pr

pan full, then we go to work. Some wash with cradles

some with what is called a tom & various other

fixings. But I like the tom best of any thing that I have

seen.

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Jan 11th- Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn

medical degree

Jan 13th - Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co

Jan 23rd - Mrs. Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in

US

Jan 23rd - Patent granted for an envelope-making machineJan 31st - Corn Laws abolished in Britain

Feb 4th - University of Wisconsin begins in 1 room with 20 students

Feb 8th - New Roman Republic established.

Feb 9th - Roman Republic declared

Feb 14th - In New York City, James Knox Polk becomes the first

serving President of the United States to have his photograph taken.

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On May 11, 1849 Shufelt sailed out of NewYork harbor headed for the Isthmus ofPanama (at the time a part of Columbia).

Although he experienced a few days of seasickness, he describes the voyage asenjoyable. We pick up his story as he makes

his way across the isthmus to the Pacific

Ocean hoping to find passage on a ship boundfor San Francisco.