They grew due to the population of gold miners. People flooded into the gold fields and within 2years California became a state in 1850.
The entire area from San Francisco to Sonora changed because of the number of people who came to seek gold. San Francisco had ships left in the harbor by crew and passengers to seek gold. The city grew from a sleepy Spanish town to a rowdy crime ridden jumping off point to the gold fields. Stockton grew because it was close to Sacamento and Marysville began in the gold rush along with other gold rush towns. Miners dug up the countryside, washed away hillsides with hydraulic equipment, and created mines. The damage can still be seen today and the towns that were made are still places that show their past with pride and let's visitors learn about the past.
some of the gold rush towns hve now been called ghost towns because peope have passed away there because of the lack of food, water and warmth/coldness
It affected the population. It changed from a small amount to an abundance.
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The price of gold has increased abunch in the past ten years.
1¢ Your coin has been plated or exposed to a chemical that changed its color. The U.S. never made gold pennies. Gold is so valuable that a 1-cent coin would be smaller than a rice grain.
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Ghost towns.
some of the gold rush towns hve now been called ghost towns because peope have passed away there because of the lack of food, water and warmth/coldness
Ghost towns started out as regular towns. They are mostly in or near California because of the gold rush. When people started to decline in the gold found, they moved back east.
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People flocked to California because they were seeking gold and riches, and gold had been discovered there. The Mormons changed the landscape of the west by moving there and establishing cities and towns in areas that were previously uninhabited.
Many so-called Boom Towns were created during the Gold Rush and many other times. Hundreds of miners rushed to one place to look for gold, and while they were all there, they build towns to settle in. When the gold was all mined away, the miners left the towns, leaving them as ghost towns.
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The miners moved on, and the towns were abandoned and left to fall into ruins.
Ghost towns.
Ghost towns.