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!
It was miserable.
Gold
Californios, mountain men, missionaries
riding on a horse or buggie (i think)
Californios, mountain men, missionaries
There was more room and the ground was more fertile
Many people wanted to try something new and different.