a7 The Gold Rush Part 4

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2 Gold mining spawned an attitude of risk taking, gambling, and impatience. Getting Something For Nothing THE GOLD RUSH – Part 4 (17minutes) Presenter: Dr. J.S. Holliday

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3 Henry David Thoreau 1817 - 1862

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4 CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

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5 THE WORLD’S RAFFLE

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7 Thoreau thought the Gold Rush taught man he could get something for nothing. You call that enterprise?

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8 Thoreau scorned the Gold Rush.

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9 “The Gold Rush changed America.” IMPATIENT UNSATISFIED WANTED MORE

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10 SOMETHING for NOTHING!

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11 “The people who went to California were not pioneers.”

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13 “Well, all that changed in ‘52, ‘53, and thereafter.”

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14 California’s economy was no longer based only on gold mining .

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15 The economy of California became based also on agriculture and commerce .

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16 MORALITY NEWSPAPERS HOME

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17 HOME

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18 “In 1855, there were more newspapers printed in San Francisco than in London!”

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19 HOME In ‘49, ‘50, and ’51 when the word HOME appeared in San Francisco newspapers, it was always in “caps.” HOME

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20 MICHIGAN ILLINOIS HOME INDIANA MARYLAND PENNSYLVANIA GEORGIA FLORIDA

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21 By ‘52, ‘53, and ‘54, when the word HOME appeared in a San Francisco newspaper, people began to think of California .

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22 Home became California!

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23 “So, there are thousands of people who come to California, …”

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24 MAKING A COMMITMENT

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25 LAW and ORDER $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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26 Corporations want a stable society!

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27 “California gets Law and Order.” The people wanted Law and Order. Corporations demanded Law and Order!

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28 America is the most stable society in all the world! AMERICA

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29 ORDERLY BANKING SYSTEM ORDERLY LABOR SYSTEM ORDERLY SOCIETY

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30 That was California by 1856.

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31 As technology changed, morality changed, and life changed in California.

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32 “The people who went home, …”

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33 The Gold Rush changed this country.

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34 By 1854 there were many jobs to be had in California. START YOUR OWN FARM WORK IN A MINE GET A JOB ON A STEAMBOAT

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35 Steamboats were assembled in San Francisco.

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36 SACRAMENTO 1849

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37 Steamboats earned as much as $40,00 a month profit!

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38 Opportunities were available in all forms of enterprise! TRANSPORTATION COMMERCE FARMING MINING SHIPPING BANKING CONSTRUCTION

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39 California offered a chance, “to be what you dare not be at home.”

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40 “If you’re scared of failure, then you’ll not take the risk that’s required in order to succeed.”

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41 “And, I know the Gold Rush taught people in California not to be afraid of failing.” I can try this! I can try that!

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42 The fear of failing in California is not so great as it would be back home. NO GRANDFATHERS NO AUNTS NO COUSINS

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43 And it was the “willingness to fail” that was the key to success.

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44 “And, it is true today, …”

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45 ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES and CHOICES

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46 IMPLICATIONS for TODAY’S LIVING

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47 WRITING the BOOK

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48 TO HAVE SEEN THE ELEPHANT I’ve been there! I have seen the elephant! I have seen it all!

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49 “Implied in that,…” TESTED DISAPPOINTED CAUSED ANGUISH

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50 1948-1981

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51 “It totally, absolutely, completely Changed My Life!” STEEL BUSINESS LIVING in CHICAGO

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52 “I wanted to finish this book.”

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53 “In 1952 I wanted to write that book.”

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54 HOW to do THAT?

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55 “I’ve got to go to California.”

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56 “I came here to work the mines of the libraries.” THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY THE BANCROFT LIBRARY THE SACRAMENTO LIBRARY

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57 “Once I got here, my life was made over.” MARRIED PhD. PROFESSOR MUSEU M MAGAZINE “I was always working on the book.” LIBRARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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58 “I was always finding more diaries, …” MORE LETTERS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING

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59 “I’ll finish this book!” 1952! 1953! EVERY YEAR!

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60 It was mortifying! ONE BOOK!

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62 I had to develop a self-confidence. 2. The book became better.

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63 “It did become a better book.”

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64 “The elephant for me was finishing the book.”

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65 And to see the elephant means, … Don’t give up! Stay to your task! And you’ll succeed! Determine your purpose!

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66 “The elephant stood symbolically for the whole business of gold seeking. When a San Franciscan told a friend that he’d about decided to ‘see the elephant’, he did not mean that he was going on a toot, but that he intended to take a flier at the mines.” No Sound

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67 There are several versions of what the phrase, “I have seen the elephant.” meant to the gold seekers and how it originated. One story goes like this: A man was returning home in his wagon loaded with food which he had just purchased in one of the gold rush towns. As he traveled the road, there approached a circus which had as its main attraction an elephant. The man’s horse became frightened when the elephant drew near, and the horse bolted and ran away, scattering broken eggs and other groceries along the road. The miner, who had never seen an elephant, said to his fellow goldseekers, “I don’t care, I have seen the elephant.” No Sound

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68 Dr. J. S. Holliday writes in his book, The World Rushed In , “As the universal expression of the gold rush, seeing the elephant symbolized the great adventure of going to California to dig a golden fortune. On the way “the elephant” revealed himself in the many unexpected difficulties and dangers that beset the goldseekers, and to see the elephant became the expression for suffering a severe ordeal, facing one’s worst expectations, overcoming the meanest realities; knowing the Truth.” No Sound

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69 Teachers: This concludes THE GOLD RUSH - Part 4. Please complete the assignments which relate to PART 4 . Your next assignment is to view THE HARD ROCK MINERS presentations.