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Miners were a rough group living in hard conditions so they drank and went to the saloons. There is a gold rush town named Hangtown ( still exists today) where the judge hung men for breaking the law. Every gold town had a jail because the miners would gamble, drink, and visit prostitutes. The gold rush towns had very few families and were mainly all men. If you are on the west coast you can visit a state of California historical site called Columbia that is a preserved gold rush town. It is free to visit and even has picnic tables for having a nice lunch.
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There are several, but a very good one is Columbia State Park in northern Ca. This is a preserved gold rush town. The park offers gold panning, a museum, and shops with people dresses in period. They also have events to highlight the era. Several movies have been filmed there. High Noon used it and so did one of the Back to the Future movie. In the area is also other towns settled in the gold rush. The entire area is worth a visit.
There were laws passed in many gold rush towns against Hispanic and Chinese immigrants. A people of Hispanic decent were taxed extra to live in a town, they weren't allowed to stake a gold claim in some areas. Many of the Chinese were forced to live in a "china town" section of the camp and not allowed into some of the businesses or saloons.
COLUMBIA, HANG TOWN, MURPHYS, ANGLES CAMP, SONORA.
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Bathurst, in New South Wales, was the first town to become important in Australia's gold rush. Ballarat and Bendigo, in Victoria, gained considerable importance in the second wave of the gold rush.
Barkerville in BC.
People were called "49ers" because they were participants in the California Gold Rush of 1849. The term specifically refers to the thousands of individuals who migrated to California in search of gold and opportunity. The nickname became synonymous with those who sought their fortune during this historic event.
Gold. It is now a ghost town. The first people in this town came for the Alaska gold rush.
gold was a big part of it. California Gold Rush.
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Bendigo or Ballarat
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The reason is it was the destination that they had to get it to