The California Gold Rush: A Brief History Of Alcatraz

During Alcatraz over thousands of people went to Alcatraz. On of the first people to go to Alcatraz was Al Capone the most wanted criminals. Al Capone was the most dangerous criminal back then. He killed his first person when he was 15 years old. Later on he sold bad stuff and he then got caught and went to prison. After he was finished with his prison sentence he killed another person. A couple years

Alcatraz was finally running in business, and all the worst prisoners were being sent there. All the inmates had a quick idea on how cummings was running Alcatraz. You couldn’t talk or you would be sent to the “hole” for a couple of weeks. The hole is “isolation”. Al Capone [the most famous gangster] was sent for the for a lot of times. And he went crazy because he kept making and remaking his bed. There was many escape attempts at alcatraz but none of them were successful. Two of them were reported missing.

The California Gold Rush was a period of time when thousands of people from all over the world came to California for gold, some were lucky, most were not. California was owned by Mexico 1600-1846. Mexico soon allowed the U.S. to have California as it’s own state, and that is when they found the gold. The California Gold Rush was a difficult time with the challenges people faced traveling to California, the way the Forty-Niners lived, and the way they used the gold.

There were some prisoners that they would try to escape most of them would make it but not all there were some that would get caught. if they got caught they would have to pay the consequences, which was the dark cell. That cell is a place where you would not enjoy being there for a while. The prison was closed down because of the overcrowding. the facility was then used for yuma union high school until 1914. inmates were moved because of the overcrowding to a new facility in florence arizona.In 2010, the prison was again threatened, this time by the state's budget crunch. But "Chain Gangs" of local volunteers raised funds to keep the prison open4. they all helped to keep the prison standing there safe so they all decided to raise money to keep it. they had a school name after this prison which its called yuma high school their school symbol is a criminal

     The California Gold Rush of 1849 is one of the most interesting and exiting events of the United States. From the wild stories of men striking it big, to the heart wrenching tales of people losing everything, these are what make it so alluring. There are many aspects of the California Gold Rush; effects on California; individual stories of struggle; and effects on the United States as a young country looking for stability.

San Quentin state prison is in San Francisco, California, which is the only prison in California that still executes prisoners. The prison has housed several famous prisoners over the years; however, it has a big problem with gangs inside the prison. I will discover the background of the warden that is in charge, the history of the prison, and the problems that circulate within the prison.

The California Gold Rush of 1849 was a very influential event in U.S history. It all started in 1848, in Coloma, California, when a man named James Marshall (See Appendix A) was working on a sawmill for a man named John Sutter (See Appendix B). He was working near a river and something caught his eye. When he went to investigate, he realized that he had discovered pure gold! Marshall wanted to keep this a secret between him and his boss, but word spread quickly, and eventually the whole world knew about this discovery thanks to the New York Herald, which was the first newspaper to publish an article about the Gold Rush. Soon enough, many people started to immigrate to California to see if they could start a new life, and maybe, get rich. While the Gold Rush had many positive impacts to the State of California, which included economic benefits, they were not necessarily as a result of the mining of gold, but opportunities created by the influx of people looking to get rich. The economic opportunities experienced in the State of California as a result of the gold rush included manufacturing, trade, merchant business, agriculture, entertainment market, and newly formed banks and financial institutions (“The Impact of Gold” 2014). Also, people from different countries like China came by ship to see if they could strike it rich. People living on the Eastern side of the U.S only had two routes that they could follow to California, and both took many months and portrayed terrible

Soon after undergoing procedures they found out people where going insane and even taking their own lives. These customs of confinement where retired for a long time until about the 1920’s when they made a comeback at Alcatraz off the San Francisco Bay. The jail is known for housing some of the most notorious prisoners in the country and they wanted to keep the upper hand and not have anything go wrong. They created a whole prison block called D-Block which housed dozens of prisoners in confinement.If you were to break any rules while in confinement you would get sent to the “hole” which was worse than solitary confinement because you would not receive any clothes or any food other than bread and water. (http://www.alcatraz101.com) Robert Stroud was one one of the prisoners at Alcatraz in his lifetime he served 42 years in solitary confinement. While in another jail he was confined and found a group of birds which he housed later on in his years in jail he publish a couple books one called Diseases of Canaries. He was a very intelligent man with an IQ of 134 but while being looked up he was later diagnosed a psychopath.(Robert Stroud/wikipedia.org) Many prisoners go into solitary confinement perfectly fine and come out different due to the lack of human

The Gold Rush of 1849-changed California forever. The influx of people from around the country and world created opportunities for many people. “For every famous story there were a thousand smaller stories of success” (Quinn Lynch). This meant that people struck it big and others had created a better life for themselves. Whether this better life was mining or owning a business in the booming cities. The Gold Rush created entrepreneurs like Levi Strauss and Henry Wells and William Fargo that were lucky enough to become famous off the Gold Rush without mining. The Rush also brought in many immigrants who shaped the culture and the way of life in California. The immigrants brought there sense of hard work, which made the cities grow and become

Suddenly the population grew, gold fever was starting. everyone came to creeks, streams, and rivers to pan for gold. They left their normal lives to become rich. They would camp for days, weeks, or even months in tents and they would bring very little supplies. They would mine until they were successful with finding gold. This was the California Gold Rush. Let’s see how it all began and grew.

On January 24, 1848, a discovery in a river near Coloma, California changed the course of that territory forever. While building a saw mill, James Wilson Marshall found a golden nugget by accident. All though the mill owner tried to keep the secret, news of the discovery soon started what is known as the “California Gold Rush” by 1850, so many people live in California that it became the 31st state of the United

Morris and the Anglin brothers escaped the most secure prison in the world!? Impossible! Morris and the Anglin brothers did not escape Alcatraz.

Alcatraz a high security prison on an island just two miles off the edge of San Francisco there many of the United States toughest criminals, were sent there to do hard time on the rock. (Hopkinson 7-8) Alcatraz was a military prison before it was a federal penitentiary after World War 2 ended, the people of the United States wanted a super prison. Somewhere that they could send the worst criminals to rot. The prison of Alcatraz was operated from 1935-1963.There were many escape attempts but all of them failed because of the harsh guards and the treacherous waters of the San Francisco Bay. No one thought anyone could break out of the concrete walls of Alcatraz until June 11, 1962 came and Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers decided it was time for them to get out of that hell hole.

“To many Californians the mention of January 24, 1948, conveys no special meaning, nor is that date widely commemorated in the state. Yet it had a special significance in the history of California, for on that day James Marshall, a moody carpenter from Missouri, discovered the first gold nuggets that resulted in a stampede known as the California Gold Rush.” The California Gold Rush drew in thousands of white settlers, all seeking a better life and a chance

The fourth most important thing that happened in the 1930’s was the Golden Gate bridge opening. The golden Gate bridge is a historic landmark of San Francisco. It is a suspension bridge that is 8,981 feet long and it spans the Golden Gate. The Golden Gate is a one mile opening that connects the Pacific ocean and the San Francisco Bay. And I know what you are thinking:the Golden Gate Bridge is not made of literal