California gold miners, 1848-1850 : Mormons in the Mother Lode, before 1988.

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California gold miners, 1848-1850 : Mormons in the Mother Lode, before 1988.

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Essay about the impact of Mormon emigrants on the California gold rush from approximately 1846-1850. Includes examinations of the fear of a large influx of religious emigrants and the belief that Mormon settlers had been sent by the United States government to occupy California; the impact of the Mexican-American War and Mormon Battalion on Mormon migration to California; Mormon settlements at Monterey, Yerba Buena, Santa Crux, and San Jose; the effect of Samuel Brannan's publication California Star; and the discovery of gold at Coloma by James Marshall, Peter and Elizabeth Wimmer, Thomas Rhoads, and Henry William Bigler. Concludes with a summary of the impact of the California gold rush on Utah's economy and the future of Mormon commerce. Bound photocopy.

1 photocopy of typewritten manuscript, 28 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Bigler, Henry William, 1815-1900

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Henry William Bigler was born on August 28, 1815, in what is now West Virginia. He converted to Mormonism at the age of 19 and traveled to Far West, Missouri, with his family in 1838, although they soon departed for Illinois. In 1846 he helped lead the Mormon exodus from Nauvoo to Utah and was also a member of the Mormon Battalion. Following his service Bigler spent some time at Sutter's Fort, and was present when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848. He returned to Utah but was soon sen...

Brannan, Sam, 1819-1889

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Sam Brannan (1819-1889) was born in Maine and moved to Ohio as a teenager. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and in 1844 began printing The Prophet, a Mormon newspaper, in New York. In 1846 Brannan sailed aboard the Brooklyn with about 240 other Mormons to San Francisco, where he was made first president of the California mission and established the California Star as the first newspaper in San Francisco. In 1848 Brannan traveled to Sutter's Mill as a representative of th...

Marshall, James Wilson, 1810-1885

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California Pioneer. Arrived in California in 1845. He selected site for Sutter's Mill at Coloma in May, 1847, and served as superintendent. Marshall discovered gold at Coloma January 24, 1848. From the description of James Wilson Marshall collection, 1885-1888. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 58744653 Discoverer of gold in California (1848). Marshall worked for Capt. John Sutter at time of discovery. Lost lands during subsequent Gold Rush and spent remainder ...

Parks, Marian

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Rhoades, Thomas, 1794 or 1795-1869

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United States. Army. Mormon Battalion

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