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The Journey West (The Miners (Pull of Gold (Life was hard and few were…

- - - - Many people spent life savings on buying equipment and were not successful
  - - - Helped US economy to recover from it's financial crash
      - Farming in California grew into a strong industry, as prospectors needed food and equipment
    - - Problems with Indians due to increased use of trails
      - Lawless as gambling, prostitution, alcoholism, fighting and claim jumpings were common
      - Racism and tension within the settlers due to mass immigration
  - - - Killed many Indians
      - Sacred lands in Black Hills crossed by prospectors
      - Disesase rife that Indians were not immune to
      - Land was destroyed affecting Plains Indians ways of life
- - - - They would then have to cross either the Blue Mountains or Sierra Nevada having crossed the Rockies
        
        The safest way to travel was in groups of 20 + wagons, called wagon trains
        
        Most used Oxen to pull the wagons, but they were very slow
        
        Wagons were hauled across Mountain territory by chains, ropes and Pulleys. Injuries were common
- - - - They took a latgely untested route
      - Their 'shortcut' cost time
      - One man was murdered amid arguments over supplies
      - Snow cut them off in winter
      - They resorted to eating animal skins and cannibalism to survive
  - - - Her Parents both died of typhus
      - She broke her leg
      - Her mother gave birth to a child en route
      - Mud and rain slowed the journey
      - The children were left as orphans
- - - - 1846 Governor of Illinois tells Mormons to leave
        
        1847 Mormons reach Salt Lake Valley
        
        1848 Gold is discovered in the Sierra Nevada
        
        1849 200000 people travel to California