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We leave Virginia
heading toward Independence, MO to move west in search of gold and wealth after hearing about James Marshall's story. -
We arrive at Independence, MO
and start the long, trecherous journey on the Oregon Trail. -
We arrive at Snake River
where there is a split in the trail and continue traveling on the California Trail. -
We arrive in San Fransisco, California,
stop, and trade. We travel up to a river in northern California. -
We reach the river
and stake a claim. -
We suffer through a harsh winter
without being able to prospect much. -
We reach spring
and are able to prospect much more. -
After a month we haven't found much gold
at all and our hopes have sunk a ton. Dissapointment is spread and we realize many don't actually find gold here. We don't have money for anything especially with the huge inflation because of the immense population growth. -
We strick gold!
Finally we have money for food after all of our difficult and tiring work. Our hopes are raised. -
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After ten years of prospecting
there has been good and bad times but we have not found a fortune and haven't moved back to Virginia as planned before. We continue to mine with still hopes of a fortune. -
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We continue prospecting
and moving around in search of gold. Our kids continue on with it as we get older and older. -
We stop prospecting
because we get terribly sick. -
We die at 66
in California with never finding a fortune but just enough gold to live on.