Last year, New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet bleakly predicted the demise of "most local newspapers in America" within five years, except for ones bought by billionaires. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post and has invested in its newsroom. California billionaire Patric...
In January 1848, James Wilson Marshall discovered gold while constructing a saw mill along the American River northeast of present-day Sacramento. The discovery was reported in the San Francisco newspapers in March but caused little stir as most did not believe the account. ...
Marshall and John Sutter, the owner of the mill, tried to keep the discovery a secret, but the literal gold mine they stood upon was too valuable to keep hush-hush for long. By the end of March, newspapers were reporting on the hordes of gold turning up at the mill. Most of the re...
Spreading the Word: A History of Information in the California Gold Rush by Richard T. Stillson Lincoln, Neb.; University of Nebraska Press, 2006, 274 pp. Reviewed by Dave Cassady Pacific UniversityIntroduction 1. Newspapers: Credibility and Information 2. The Marketplaces for Information: Guide...
California Gold Rush & Immigration The Gold Rush of 1849 WATCH: The California Gold Rush On January 24, 1848, James Marshall discovered gold at a sawmill he was constructing at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, ushering the CaliforniaGold Rush. Most of the first treasure-hunting immigrants...
TheGold Rushhastened statehood in 1850 (as a part of theCompromise of 1850); and, though the Gold Rush peaked in 1852, the momentum of settlement did not subside. Nearly $2 billion in gold was extracted from the earth before mining became virtually dormant. ...
Find out how the California Gold Rush started and how it quickly took hold of the whole country.
中石油2016通用英语选读课文32The Califonia Gold Rush加利福尼亚淘金热 32. The California Gold Rush 加利福尼亚淘金热 1.A chance discovery<偶然发现>by an employee of John A. Sutter,feudal baron<封建贵族> of the Sacramento Valley,set off<引起>the rush to California.In January 1848 James W. ...
gold rush, and it is through these true stories that we can see what those times were really like. I didn’t write these or make them up - all of these stories are true tales taken from old books that date from the 1800s - times when many of the 49ers were still alive. Here is...
The newspaper initially was the major way of learning about the discovery of gold and how to get to California. Coverage by newspapers depended on their location and size. Northern city papers published the most information for prospective goldrushers as well as news about the discoveries, ...