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California A History
By Charles Somers
Chapter 4 Striking it Rich
James Marshall finds gold at Sutters mill on Jan 24th 1848
Dec 5 1848 President Polk made it official that GOLD had been found in California
The “rush” a mass migration to California from all over the world
Chapter 4 Striking it Rich
Mostly young men but some middle aged venture to CaliforniaThey would choose one of three routesOverlandShip via panamaShip around the horn
Chapter 4 Striking it Rich
The “mother lode” 210 miles long in sierra Nevada foot hillsThe gold was not under private owenershipIt belonged to everyone provided they could find it
Santiago de Arguello of Mission San Juan Capistrano, ca.1841
Chapter 5 regulation railroads and revolution
First railroad in California connected San Fransico and Folsom
June 1861 central pacific railroad
Chapter 5 regulation railroads and revolution
Pacific Railway Act 1862
Union Pacific to build east ward from Omaha
Central Pacific to build west ward from Sacramento
1864 incentive act paid the railroads per mile
Chapter 5 regulation railroads and revolution
The trans continental Rail Road
Central pacific and union pacific join tracks at promontory summit Utah
May 10th 1869
Chapter 11 An Imagined Place
The 20th century southern California was home to three entertainment media
Film
Radio
television
Chapter 11 An Imagined Place
1920-30s many studios came to be in southern California Holly wood has never fallen into a slumpGreat studios such as Disney, fox paramount, universal ect.
Chapter 11 An Imagined Place
The grapes of Wrath the first major American novel to be written into a movie script
In the sultans power first movie to be filmed completely in California(1908)
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