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Sources for this site

Below includes the 3 primary sources utilized, and the other secondary sources utilized for this project. The Gold Rush had many different aspects to it and affected American society tremendously for the future. Each source provided its own insight on the Gold Rush and allows you to learn about it better. 

  • “California Gold Rush (1848–1858).” Open Collections Program: Contagion, The Yellow Fever Epidemic

in Philadelphia, 1793, ocp.hul.harvard.edu/immigration/goldrush.html.

  • California Star Newspaper. “California Star: ‘A Rush to the Gold Washings’ - 1848.” Symphonies in

Steel: San Francisco Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate, www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/star.html.

  • “Chinese Immigration to the United States - For Teachers (Library of Congress).” Apple Computers: This

Month in Business History (Business Reference Services, Library of Congress), Victor, 

www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/timeline/riseind/chinimms/.

  • “Historical Impact of the California Gold Rush.” Norwich University Online,

online.norwich.edu/academic-programs/masters/history/resources/articles/historical-impact-of-the-california-gold-rush.

  • “James K. Polk: Fourth Annual Message - December 5, 1848.” The American Presidency Project, 

www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=29489.

  • “Mining Techniques of the Sierra Nevada and Gold Country.” Farewell to Manzanar, 1973,

www.sierracollege.edu/ejournals/jsnhb/v2n1/miningtechniques.html.

  • National Geographic Society. “After the Gold Rush.” National Geographic Society, 15 Oct. 2012,

www.nationalgeographic.org/news/after-gold-rush/.

  • “National Oregon/California Trail Center >> Historical Trails >> Trail Basics.” Index of /HistoricalTrails,

www.oregontrailcenter.org/HistoricalTrails/TheStartingPoint.htm.

  • “Panama - The California Gold Rush and the Railroad.” Portugal - FAMILY AND KINSHIP RELATIONS,

countrystudies.us/panama/5.htm.

  • “The Annexation of Texas, the Mexican-American War, and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1845–

1848.” U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of State, history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/texas-annexation.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-california/.

  • “The Compromise of 1850.” Ushistory.org, Independence Hall Association,

www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp.

  • “The Gold Rush Impact on Native Tribes.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service

www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-value-land/.

  • “The Journey Around Cape Horn.” America's Point of View,

www.nhusd.k12.ca.us/Pioneer/pages/classrooms/FourthGrade/4thGradeGold/pages/Sea.html.

  • U.S. Department of State, U.S. Department of State, history.state.gov/milestones/1830-1860/gadsden-purchase.

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