Famous People of the California Gold Rush

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Advocated social reforms

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Georgiana Kirby

A pioneer of Santa Cruz during the Gold Rush

Advocated education, freedom, and equal rights for all

Has a private school named for her

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Resources

Picture credits: All ClipArt from Microsoft ClipArt

Sam Brannan, William Fargo, James Marshall, Levis Strauss, John Sutter, & Henry Wells from en.wikipedia.org

Mark Twain: www.marktwainhouse.org

Eliza Farnham & Georgiana Kirby: www.goldrush.com/~joann/

Nellie Chapman: www.ncgold.com/goldrushtown/people/html.

Lotta Crabtree: www.ncgold.com/History/LottaCrabtree/lotta.html

Information:

Most of the information regarding the men came from the PBS movie “The Gold Rush”, directed by Boettcher & Trinklein, 1996.

Eliza Farnham & Georgiana Kirby: www.goldrush.com/~joann/

Lotta Crabtree: www.ncgold.com/History/LottaCrabtree/lotta.html

Nellie Chapman: www.ncgold.com/goldrushtown/people/html

Video Clips from United Streaming:chp890500 and chp905920

Excellent sites for the Gold Rush:

www.historichwy49.com

www.museumca.org/goldrush/

www.ncgold.com/goldrushtown/

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