GOLD
In the years before the Civil War between the North and South, many families moved westward for
a better life. But during the year 1848, gold was discovered in
California. A
vast movement of people started westward to find their fame and
fortune. Many stopped along the way to California, because gold and silver
was also plentiful in several states like Nevada and Arizona. Many
mines played out, but many became so wealthy
that they helped build the states of Nevada, Arizona and
especially California.
Hundreds of
mining camps, towns or
just spots where the miners pitched their tents to pan for gold,
shelters of some type were constructed and later abandon if the gold
played out or diggings were slim. All these places that once stood
filled with singing, laughter, drunkenness, hardship and sorrow, are
now all gone. What is left is
the wind and ghosts.