Californias Golden Age:

Junior Division Website

Anthony Bogdan

Dawson Brande

Works Cited Andrew, John. "California Gold Diggers, a Scene from Actual Life at the Mines." Content.cdlib. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. <http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf2c6007rg/?__utma=209367296.1080989322.1359651339. 1359651339.1359651339.1&__utmb=209367296.0.10.1359651339&__utmc=209367296&__ut

mx=&__utmz=209367296.1359651339.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organic|utmct r=primary%20source%20images%20on%20california%20gold%20rush&__utmv=&__utmk=234025245>. This primary source picture was created by an engraver called John Andrew. John Andrew lived from 1815-1875, also when this picture was created for the Gold Rush. This picture helped us understand how people got together to mine for gold. Bancroft Library. "Chinese Man Mining for Gold." ABC Clio. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://americanhistory.abcclio.com/Search/Display/897453?terms=cALIFORNIA+gOLD+rUSH>. We used this primary source photo of a man mining gold on our "49'ers" page. This photo was taken in the mid-19th century during the gold rush. This photo taught us that all kinds of people would travel to California in hopes of getting rich. The miners worked hard all day long digging so they could try to find gold. Brands, Henry Williams. Letter interview. Dec. 2012. We sent a letter to H.W Brands asking him different questions about the Gold Rush. He told us about how the 49'ers treated the natives horribly when they arrived and how they fought back. H.W Brands taught us more about the natives in the California Gold Rush. This is a secondary source we used on our "interviewed" page.

"California gold rush." World History: The Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. We used ABC-Clio to get information for our "Golden Effect" page on our website. This information helped us understand more about our topic by explaining the increased population of California during the Gold Rush and how much money the extracted gold was worth.

"California Gold Rush, 1849." Map. World at War: Understanding Conflict and Society. ABCCLIO, 2012. Web. 29 Nov. 2012. We extracted this information from ABC-CLIO, a reference website of information. This secondary source helped us with understanding the beginning of the Gold Rush and where all the gold was primarly found. This photo taught us the main location of where most people found the gold at the start. The California Star. "The Excitement of Gold Washing Continues- Increases." California Star 10 June 1848: n. pag. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/star.html>.

This newspaper article is a primary source talking about how and where gold was found during the Rush. This article helped us understand more about how people felt during the gold rush.

Cooper, George Victor. "Sutter's Mill, Coloma, the Spot Where Gold Was First Found." Content.cdlib.org. N.p., 1852-1862. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf9p3012zr/>. The author of this primary source is John Cameron, an American artist from 1810-1878 that painted this picture where gold was first found. This picture shows where the gold was first located, which was Sutters Mill. This picture helped us understand the topic better because it gave us an idea of what Sutters Mill looked like. "The Gold Rush." Westward Expansion Reference Library. Ed. Allison McNeill, et al. Vol. 3: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 191-193. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 7 Dec. 2012. We used Gale Reference Library to collect more information about the gold rush from people that were a part of that time period. This source helped us understand more about the time of the Gold Rush. The information on Gale was very useful to our website. "Gold Strikes." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 2 Oct. 2012. This secondary source was collected also from ABC-CLIO. The source helped us understand more of how gold rush really was and how it worked. This taught us mostly on how this cycle of people worked to get there gold and how they maintained it. Griset, Rick. "California Gold Rush: American Indian Wars." ABC Clio. N.p., n.d. Web. 1 Feb. 2013. <http://worldatwar.abcclio.com/Search/Display/872318?terms=California+Gold+Rush>. This is a secondary source from a reliable website called ABC Clio. The website talks about the events leading up to the Gold Rush. The information collected from this website was very useful to our website. McCracken, Dave. Gold Panning Instructions. Happy Camp: New Era, 2009. Print. The author of this primary source is Dave McCracken, a gold miner from Happy Camp, California.

This book taught us how modern day panning works, and the steps on how to pan. This helped us understand the topic better because it helped the reader how to pan gold properly, and taught us the struggles panning was back then. - - -. Letter interview. Dec. 2012. We sent a letter to Dave McCracken, the leader of a gold mining camp in California asking questions about mining in general. Dave helped us understand some of the physical labors of gold mining and that rivers are the best place to find gold. In addition to answering our questions, Dave sent us multiple pages of information from a website called Wisegeek including gold statistics, gold prices and the gold market condition. This is a secondary surce we used on our "interviewed" page. Mcllvaine, William Jr. Sutter's Mill, Coloma, California. Content.cdlib.org. N.p., 1850. Web. 28 Nov. 2012. <http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf1z09p0dw/?query=sutters mill&brand=calisphere>. The author of the source of this picture is William Jr. Mcllvaine, an artist from 1850. In this picture, I get a view of the unfinished Sutters Mill, before the gold was found. This helped me udnerstand the topic better because it gave us another idea of how Sutters mill looked like. Muybridge, Eadweard. "A Morning Council on the Merced." Content.cdlib.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Jan. 2013. <http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt0290171t/?__utma=209367296.1080989322.13596 51339.1359651339.1359651339.1&__utmb=209367296.3.10.1359651339&__utmc=209 367296&__utmx=&__utmz=209367296.1359651339.1.1.utmcsr=google|utmccn=(organic)|utmcmd=organi c|utmctr=primary%20source%20images%20on%20california%20gold%20rush&__utmv =-&__utmk=253941131>. This primary source image was extracted by a reliable photo website called Content.cdlib, and created by Eadweard Muybridge in the year of 1872. This picture helped us understand the value of the natives land after the Gold Rush and how much they cared for it. This helped us understand the topic better because the natives struggled to keep their land and fought for it.

"Native Americans and the California Gold Rush." Westward Expansion Reference Library. Ed. Allison McNeill, et al. Vol. 3: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2000. 221-234. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Nov. 2012. This secondary source was found at go.galegroup, a reliable information website that we used in our project. In this source, it expanded our knowledge on how this Gold Rush began, and when the conflicts started to come together. This taught both of us the struggles of native americans during the California Gold Rush of 1848. Porter, David D. "View of San Francisco Harbor." Library of Congress. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2012. <http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2004664511/>. The author of this primary source is the David D. Porter family, a group from the Library of Congress from 1799-1899. This picture gave is information on what the San Fransico Port looked like during the gold rush. This helped me understand the topic better because this gave us a view of how the time looked like back then. Saiic.nativeweb.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2013. <http://saiic.nativeweb.org/ayn/goldgreed.html>. From this secondary source website, we extracted a primary quote that was very useful for us. This quote helped us understand that the natives in California wanted to live in peace, and not fight with the Americans. Also, It states that they wanted to progress without destruction, and to study. Sutter, John A. "The Discovery of Gold in California." Hutchings' California Magazine: n. pag. Sfmuseum. Web. 29 Jan. 2013. <http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html>. This magazine article is a primary source written by John Sutter himself. Sutter is describing the events of the gold rush from his view throughout the article. This article told us exactly how the gold rush started from the viewpoint of John A. Sutter. Watson, Douglas S. "Diary of John A. Sutter." Life of Johann August Sutter: n. pag. Sfmuseum.net. Web. 30 Jan. 2013. <http://www.sfmuseum.net/hist2/sutdiary1.html>. This primary source diary was written by Douglas S. Watson. In this primary source, we learned about many side events that happened during the Gold Rush Era. This helped us learn more about the California Gold Rush because John Sutter made an extremely important imapct during the beginning.