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Lawson's map of the Gold Regions is the first map to accurately depict California's Gold Regions. Issued in January 1849, at the beginning of the California gold rush, Lawson's map was produced specifically for prospectors and miners.
Philadelphia: 1849. The gold-producing region of California is highlighted in deep yellow, as was the case with many gold rush maps of the period. The map also shows Fremont's route across the Great Basin and the "Boundary of 1848" with Mexico.
The Gold Rush of 1849. Sutter’s Mill. On January 24, 1848, James Wilson Marshall, a carpenter originally from New Jersey, found flakes of gold in the American River at the base of the Sierra...
This map set contains a number of maps and images that can be used to introduce and enrich your study of the history of the California Gold Rush. Included in this set are suggested questions for inquiry that have been adapted from the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources.
An Interactive Map of Key Events Throughout the California Gold Rush -- An Event that Brought Thousands of Chinese Immigrants to the United States. By Elias Cohen, Joy Zhou, Keyu Wang, and Yanbing Chen
MAP OF THE GOLD REGION IN CALIFORNIA, 1851. Rapid population growth and economic development from the Gold Rush accelerated in California. Many mines, especially in the south, were worked by foreigners who came solely for the gold.
A map showing the gold mining region of California and routes for traveling there, 1849. A print depicting a long line of men, women, and families waiting to depart for the gold regions of California, 1848.
California Gold Rush, rapid influx of fortune seekers in California that began after gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in early 1848 and reached its peak in 1852. According to estimates, more than 300,000 people came to the territory during the Gold Rush.
With an estimated 140,000 emigrants arriving in California via the California Trail between 1849 and 1854, routes were continually modified, tested or even abandoned. Central cutoffs and alternate routes include: 1844 Sublette Cutoff. 1846 Hastings Cutoff. 1848 Salt Lake Cutoff. 1849 Hudspeth Cutoff. 1850 Childs Cutoff. 1850 Kinney Cutoff.
Historical Map of North America & the Caribbean (11 February 1849 - California Gold Rush: Just days before the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in California.