Cheap land and a new life.
gold
Gold
stagecoaches
Thousands of people rushed west in 1849 because that was early in the California Gold Rush. In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in California. The people seeking gold were nicknamed 'forty-niners,' in reference to the year.
By putting colored people there!
Gold
It was miserable.
Californios, mountain men, missionaries
Californios, mountain men, missionaries
riding on a horse or buggie (i think)
There was more room and the ground was more fertile
Many people wanted to try something new and different.