GOLD RUSH

CALIFORNIA FIRST

• It all started in Cali. Lots of things start there.
• Some guy discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in 1850.
• A quarter million of greedy people dashed over.
• When the gold got overly mined, the people weren't satisfied.
• They went other places to look for gold, like Montana.

STRIKE ONE!

• John White and his friend found gold in July 1862.
• The grasshoppers were so thick, the miners called it...
• Grasshopper Creek! (They were so imaginative!)
• They called the town around it Bannack, and 1000 people lived there.
• Grasshopper Creek produced $5 million in gold dust in a year.

HERE, THERE BE GOLD

• In 1863, a group of miners wandered into Crow territory.
• They were turned away, and quite dejected.
• In an alder valley on their way home, one man scratched a rock randomly.
• He found gold, and called the place Alder Gulch.
• Around Alder Gulch grew a series of towns fourteen miles long.

IGNORANCE SOMETIMES WORKS

• There were rumors flying about that there was gold other places.
• Four men called the Four Georgians were quite unsuccessful in Bannack.
• In July 1864, they struck it rich after a really long time of looking.
• The place was called Last Chance Gulch. I don't really need to give a reason.
• The town near it was called Helena, and it made $19 million in the first year.

THE END

• None were so famous as those three strikes.
• Sadly, few other miners struck it rich.
• A bunch of immigrants came to Montana, though.
• We made a boatload of money on gold.
• But, people have remained greedy. Go figure.

CITATIONS

• Montana: Stories of the Land; written by Krys Holmes.
• That's about it. I have no other sources.
• This presentation was written by Elena Skibicki.
• Okay, now we're done.