The Horrific Reality of The 1849 Gold Rush
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- In the race to acquire a fortune, hundreds of thousands of people flooded into California in 1849. A lucky few would become rich, most would leave poor, and many would never return.
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In Two Years Before the Mast, the author tells of landing in San Fransisco when it had only 1 large wood hut full of cow hides and lots of stray dogs. The year was 1834. 15 years later, the gold rush had San Fransisco in the Hundred Thousand people range. Amazing
I haven't read that book yet, but it's going on the reading list right now! And yes Yerba Buena/SF was a legit backwater, run down place to be.
Excellent book!
I haven't read the book but the movie with Alan Ladd is great !
There was a Jesuit fort.
100,000 was California's total 1849 population and of that total San Francisco contributed 25, 000.
I live about 30 minutes drive from Sutter's Mill. It is a beautiful, magical place. Of course with a harrowing history.
I was raised in Calaveras county. I used to love exploring old mining sites. The area is so rich in history, with many old relics still there. It is indeed a magical place .
Another important thing that should’ve been mentioned was the state sponsored genocide that occurred in California during the gold rush where the California government funded death squads of settlers that went around killing natives. Entire villages of hundreds were massacred and virtually all of the natives of California were wiped out from disease, murdered or enslaved.
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And almost every other tribe....
Ruthless, brutal and vintictive.
Why would he mention that in a story of the gold rush?
Like the Commance, Apache and every tribe in America
@@conradnelson5283 because the genocide that happened was directly linked to the flood of settlers coming in in the gold rush
Every Era in history has it's victims.
Only the names change.
Unfortunately the gold rush was a death sentence for tribes like my own, the Maidu of Northern California. A little known fact of the states history was the government enforced death march of my tribe and surrounding tribes to Sacramento. It was similar to the Trial of Tears.
All true. We're doing an episode on this at some point. An all too often overlooked part of our history.
If you found gold you should keep it quiet and dig the gold for yourself.
It's hard to argue that logic.
Kind of amazing word spread so quickly
I would love if you did more content on the spanish in california and the natives.
Coming soon!
Read conquest for California think that’s it all about the Spanish
Well done! More, please...
Thank you! More coming out 2-3 times a week!
This last year he's had a LOT of native American history videos, including natives, cowboys, mountain men, the natives vs Vikings and a lot more HOKC is really going strong
Wow!! I thought the 49ers were just a football team!
💫 The more you know.
@jon m Founding of the US.
Thanks!
Thank you!
What are the chances of getting more history involving the Indians culture in America? You have a spectacular channel, so keep up the great work! Thanks
Several of our upcoming episodes are specifically about a few different tribes. Ultimately we would love to do a series on every tribe we can. It's our favorite subject to be honest!
Well done video! Thank you for this channel 🍻🍻
Thank you for watching!
The novel 'In the Distance' by Hernan Diaz is a very interesting read and details some of what the experience mining for gold was like
Thanks ese. Just found it.
My great grandfather came by WHALEBOAT, IN 1849,
But, he was smart enough to stay out of the gold fields and bought a farm in consol, Calif. From the AZORES.
We are from Central Ca originally and have many friends from the Azores. A huge part of Ca history and culture.
Or for 90's Cowboys fans the 69ers as the road to the Superbowls went.
The mad rush for riches in gold, gems or oil is human nature.
In the 1890's there was a gold rush to Alaska.
People have always been willing to risk it all for quick wealth.
ah yes... "human nature" .. because we definitely categorize every as humans and not only well off eurocentrics and european loyalists.. lets crunch some numbers here because this is really simple stuff. if only 1% of the species is rich, that means its AGAINST human nature to believe you need to obtain that much wealth and power. its abnormal to be obsessed with that stuff. what is normal is just wanting to be able to survive and have a family. its psychotic to believe you can own large portions of the thing that created you and every other thing you need to keep your body alive. only psychopaths can believe they are not in an interdependent ecosystem. only they believe that killing large amounts of life on earth is ok.
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The Golden State remains so to this day......
whats even crazier than that is the fact that america has the most productive workforce in history, yet lives the worst quality of life of any major country and watches the least productive workforce in history(europe) somehow enjoy the highest quality of life that seems to never stop improving despite having no legitimate way of showing how they are earning all that stuff. and almost no one is willing to point that out. like deep down they understand that america is functionally a resource colony for europe, but their egos wont allow them to admit that they are tools of a monarchs wealth conquest, and instead are just individuals trying to obtain their own wealth lmao.
Well worth listening to!
Interesting time in California, it was mentioned of how's hard it was during that time frame,
Just a couple added points to the story that within less than 15 years, we were in a Civil War, but that being not bad enought the West Coast was hit by a 500 to 1000 year.... storm and flood. It was estimated that over 1% of (California) population drowned in 1862. In today population that would be 390,000. Destruction of property would be around 4 billion in today dollars. It's was a horrible time to be a minner,
Great episod.
One wonders, anymore gold left out there?
Oh definitely. We're from that area and lots of people still prospect.
The claim that James Marshall discovered the first of California's gold belies the memoirs of his daughter Eliza who states her husband James Gregson actually discovered gold on the American River. Gregson was known far and wide as the "red headed blacksmith." When Marshall informed Gregson the gold he found belonged to Sutter because they were working for him at the time, Gregson quit and stated he walked up and down the river bank filling a few mason jars with nuggets "as large as his thumb" in short order. Other pioneers found gold prior to 1848 as they crossed the Sierras but kept quiet about it. The Spaniards also had a mine in the early 1800's but it was not a major producer. James Marshall's big ego and loud mouth spoiled it for many early pioneers.
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The treaty?? Or the final stealing of Mexican land??
How far back do you want to take that? Should the ancient Greeks be mad at the ancient Romans?
You are comparing apples to oranges my friend.
@@jorgezavala110 .... You lie.