Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The California gold rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [ 2 ]
During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.
There were fewer than 10,000 females in a total California population (not including Native Americans who were not counted) of about 120,000 residents in 1850. About 3.0% of the gold rush Argonauts before 1850 were female or about 3,500 female Gold Rushers, compared to about 115,000 male California Gold Rushers. Massive immigration from mostly ...
About 3.0% of the Gold Rush "Argonauts" before 1850 were female or about 3,500 female gold rushers, compared to about 115,000 male California gold rushers. By California's 1852 "special" state census, the population had already increased to about 200,000, of which about 10% or 20,000 were female. [63]
A Gold Rush was on in California. ... More than 150 years later, California is by far the leading state in the U.S. in terms of both GDP and population. Its nearly $2 trillion in GDP is driven by ...
California's population had been booming ever since it became a state in 1850 as a gold rush prompted a surge of people crossing the frontier to seek their fortune in the West.
The California gold rush starting in 1848 led to a large boom in population, including considerable immigration. Between January 1848 and December 1849, the population of San Francisco increased from 1,000 to 25,000. The rapid growth continued through the 1850s and under the influence of the 1859 Comstock Lode silver discovery. This rapid ...
California Gold Rush and Population Boom In 1858 ... Population growth. Year Population 1920: 5,753 1930: 7,263 1940: 8,904 1950: 11,709 1960: 15,791