1. Gold in United States

2. Gold in North Carolina The first gold rush in the United States occurred a few years after its discovery In 1799, of a hunk of "heavy yellow' metal in or along Little Meadow Creek in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, by Conrad John Reed, aged 12.

3. First gold rush 1803 A gold rush started as a slave found a 28 pound gold stone next to a lake Many of discoveries continued to happen until gold was discovered in California in 1849

4. Gold Found in California James Marshall was building a saw mill and saw something shine in the water. People everywhere dropped everything and ran to California to dig for gold.

5. Forty-niners Americans who joined the rush for gold in 1849

6. Miners Life Almost all Men. People recall seeing towns with only 2 women in it. Men would pay 5 dollars for a biscuit made by a women. Small villages turned into towns of thousands of people overnight Gold rush Video

7. News paper article You and your partner are two right a 1 page newspaper article telling the story behind either the California or North Carolina gold rush. Your story must include: 1. How it started 2. What people saw 3. A real life story