The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. As a result, about three hundred thousand people went to the mountains of California to find their own gold.
These early gold-seekers, called "forty-niners," traveled to California by sailing ship and in covered wagons across the continent, often facing substantial hardships on the trip. While most of the newly-arrived were Americans, the Gold Rush attracted tens of thousands from Latin America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Billions of dollars worth of gold was found, and a lucky few became rich. However, when the gold rush ended in 1855, the majority of the gold-seekers returned home not a penny richer.
(note: history compiled by various articles on www.wikipedia.org)
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