The rich western region attracts a large number of immigrants, and American land is constantly being developed from east to west. At that time, there were many mythical legends about the west, saying that the land in the west was very fertile. As long as seeds were sown in the spring, there would be a good harvest in the autumn. There are a lot of birds, and as long as the trunk is shaken, wild turkeys will fall. These legends have stirred up the ambition of easterners to travel to the west. Since 1763, the hard-working and self-reliant American people have taken steps to the west to build a beautiful home there.
With the continuous expansion of the westward migration movement, the exciting "gold rush" in American history has also begun. On October 24th, 1848, Americans still can't forget it. It was a shining day. Only nine days after California joined the United States of America, I found chunks of gold! This was found in a sawmill in Coloma, on the Americana River. The exciting news spread like wildfire, making California seem possessed. All the young people in the town ran away, hundreds of soldiers in the army deserted, and even the captain and sailors on the ship went ashore. Everyone went to look for gold, and a "gold rush" began.
In the same year, President james polk advocated gold panning in his State of the Union address. As a result, the whole country was intoxicated by the charm of gold, and soon set off a large-scale and long-lasting gold rush. Thousands of people abandoned their original jobs and rushed to California.
"gold! Gold! " People shouted at the thief excitedly and forgot everything. There are tens of thousands of gold prospectors, some from Oregon and New England, some from Europe and Australia, and some from distant Turkey and China. The desolate mountains and valleys of the past have turned into noisy gold mining areas. They set up a log cabin and tent and started the gold rush. Some gold diggers are very lucky. After mining gold in the "rich bay" of the Fosse River, each person can get 2,111 dollars a day, while others can earn 51,111 dollars a day. People just dug handfuls of gold from the ground. However, most people generally earn only about $21, and some people are even more unlucky and have nothing for weeks.
from 1848 to 1853, the population of California soared to 11 times the original population. Only a few of the gold diggers made a fortune, and most of them stayed, started farms or worked in factories, and started a new life here. After the "gold fever" in California, people learned that Alaska was a "Huang Jinguo", so thousands of people flocked to Alaska in the cold desert.
The "gold rush" lasted for more than half a century in the United States, and people's fascination with gold was almost crazy. As long as they heard that there was gold there, they would immediately flock in droves, no matter how difficult and dangerous the road was. The "gold rush" passed quickly. However, like a magnet, it attracted thousands of people in Qian Qian to develop new land, which led to the birth of remote new states such as California and Alaska, which was unexpected.