The California Gold Rush. This paper examines the time surrounding the California gold rush. The gold rush made rich and powerful men out of those that were before merely ignorant and greedy. The gold rush fed the dreams of the masses and ushered in a new era of development in the west. Fortunes are being made today overnight but perhaps they will never be so accessible as they were at the time to of the gold rush when a man with no other idea than hope could make his fortune with a shovel a leather pouch. 5.5 pgs. 9 f/c. 10b. Pages: 5.5 Bibliography: 10 source(s) listed Filename: 2792 California Gold Rush.doc Price: 49.22