Panning for Gold at MVCS!
May 17, 2016
In 1848, James Marshall found five gold nuggets in Sutter’s Mill. John Sutter named a town after himself. He was selfish. James Marshall found five gold nuggets in the American River there.
All the people wanted the gold for themselves. Some people who didn’t want gold said other people had Gold Fever. Gold fever is when all you want is gold.
Mostly storekeepers ended up getting the gold. They charged a lot for things people needed like eggs and mining equipment. People really hurt other people when it came to fighting over gold sometimes.