Fun Facts About the California Gold Rush

 

The California Gold Rush was not the first Gold Rush in American History.

 

The largest mass migration in U.S. is due to the California Gold Rush.

 

The abandoned ships, left by the goldseekers helped build the early sections of San Fransisco.

 

The merchants in the area made more than the most of the miners did.

 

John Sutter, the man who started the gold rush, did not make much money.