Gold+Rush-Eric

James W. Marshall

I am interested in the person called James W. Marshall, because he was the first man that discovered gold in California and spread the news. To be honest, I didn't even know his name in the first place, and I also didn't know that gold was actually found be a person, not the government itself. I'm really curios about how he managed to find gold. Did he discover it accidently, or did he search for it after investigating. Those are some of the questions that come in mind.

=__My primary historical question__= "What were the benefits that came to America after the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall? Did it do a lot of good to America? If so, what?" = = =I am Packet =

=__Primary Sources__= Letters & Documents [|Journal of Gold Rush merchant Stephen Chapin David] [|James W. Marshall's first Discovery of Gold] [|Journeys to California by Boat] [|Everything has good and bad sides: The tragedy of the Gold Rush] [|The Power of Gold leads to Dangerous Technology]

Maps and Photos
[|Hydraulicking] [|The Spread of the Gold Rush Fever]

=__Secondary Sources__= [|The Collision Between Cultures] [|Timeline of Effects on America due to the Gold Rush] [|Damage it brought to the Landscape] =__Poster__ = = __For some reason, my printer isn't working, so I just put it up here__ =