The Great Gold Rush of 1849 was probably what a lot of people believe was the main reason the west got developed so quickly. Once news got back to the east coast it took no time at all for people to be packed up and ready to make a journy that could break them. It was a journy that could not be a positive success (About,1). In January 1848 James W. Marshall, a carpenter building a sawmill …showed first 75 words of 1162 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1162 total…th century and helped make the United States an industrial nation(About, 1). Now as you have read this I hope that you know what kind of hardships this journy had on the families that took it. They took one of the biggest risks a person can make, dropping everythin: your work, friends, family, and you everyday life to take a 6 month journy to what they don’t know will happen in the future. 4. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**