the house left half built, and everything neglected but the manufactures of shovels and pickaxes." (Ward, 164)
             Easterners fled to California also to get rich with gold. Traveling was a terrible problem with getting to California. Adults, mostly men, left their families in order to find gold. "One promise that all gold hunters must have made was to always remain true to their spouses while on the gold hunt." (Blumeburg, 48) Families were left behind expecting to be rich whe
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