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their wa ¥ to the gold fields of California
: Many of them were disappointed in
inding that they were to i
desirable claim so the; See
7
y returned to San
PL GuCLSee to try their luck at some other )
business. Some became store keepers to supply
the miners with food and clothing, others took
‘up blacksmithing
to make ‘the tools needed by
the miners, and still others became proprietor: —
of boarding houses.
The food, clothing, and the iron tor
the miners! tools had to be brought to
California from the East as there were no
ere at that timce
factories h
was centrally
ww
Since San Franc isco
located on a good Larblor, the supplics were
shipred ticre and taken by river boat to
Sacramento and Stockton and from those points
were taken by pack train to other mining
' tovms.
This active “rade caused San Frencisco
to grow rapidly.
Ls the best Location was on the barbor
every one was anxious to be near jt. Since
the best placeé had already been taken, houses
were built on piles driven into the tay. Later
this nart of the bay was filled in and some of
the ships, which had been deserted when their
gone to the mines,
enodeled
cand vere
captains and crews had rah,
hauled upon this “made land and were ©
S
and boarding houscss into stores, offices,
had been
Tb was there that the men who