Gold Rush Presentation 2

Taylor Queen

Settled as a farmer near Fort Leavenworth,

Kansas and briefly resided in Indiana and Illinois

He joined a wagon train to California in 1844 desperately trying to escape poverty and hunger.

He met John Sutter in CA and was employed by him as a carpenter to work on his land.

Discovered gold at Sutter’s mill in January, 1848

The Gold Rush did not make on Marshall rich

James Marshall

In 1847, Sutter contracted with

James Marshall to build a sawmill on the south fork of the American River

Gold was discovered on his land The Gold Rush turned out to be a

disaster for him. He tried to keep the news of

Marshall’s discovery quiet, but news spread and the Gold Rush thrived

Gold Seekers overran his land—destroying his good and livestock

John Sutter

Bavarian immigrant Came to San Francisco in

1850 Invented a new type of pants

that suited the miner’s tough lifestyle

Known as the “Cowboy’s Tailor”

Strauss and his brothers made a fortune by selling these pants to gold miners

Levi Strauss

Moved to San Francisco with her family

when she was 9 Her father moved them there from New

York seeking for gold. Was inspired by dancer Lola Montez to

sing and dance By age 12, she became known as “Miss

Lotta, the San Francisco Favorite.” Moved back east and had a very

successful performing career.

Lotta Crabtree

One of the first settlers of San

Francisco Managed to hold onto 4,400 acres

of land even after all of California’s changes before, during, and after the Gold Rush

Known for her compassion and skill as a medical woman

She was also a cattle rancher, merchant, and businesswoman

Juana Briones

Opened a store at John Sutter’s

fort in 1847 During the Gold Rush, his store

made major profits by selling up to $5000 in goods ($120,000 today)

Became one of the largest landowners in Sacramento

1850s-1860s known as the richest man in Caliornia

His greedy ways eventually got the best of his fortune and led him to be impoverished in the late 1800s

Samuel Brannan

Made a large fortune by supplying

miners with meat from his butcher shop

Eventually built a huge meat packing company, Armour & Company, in Chicago

Used his wealth for charity He later founded the Armour

Mission and the Armour Institute of Technology (which later became the Illinois Institute of Technology)

Phillip Armour

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