Gold Rush and Vancouver History course has started at Wildwood.
Eamon "We learned about a lot of things, like the struggles of miners and the natives, how peoples searched for gold, and the route to the gold mining area.
In the 1850s, the natives found gold in nearby rivers, but they didn't care about it because, for them, gold was worthless. But when they noticed that the white settlers craved for gold, the natives brought gold to trading posts, and bartered them for tools. Soon, words got out and tons of white settlers came pouring into the natives' territory. They cut down forests to make houses and new towns sprang up every so often. In the process, the natives were bullied and pushed out from their land. Many discouraged peoples from
Eamon "We learned about a lot of things, like the struggles of miners and the natives, how peoples searched for gold, and the route to the gold mining area.
In the 1850s, the natives found gold in nearby rivers, but they didn't care about it because, for them, gold was worthless. But when they noticed that the white settlers craved for gold, the natives brought gold to trading posts, and bartered them for tools. Soon, words got out and tons of white settlers came pouring into the natives' territory. They cut down forests to make houses and new towns sprang up every so often. In the process, the natives were bullied and pushed out from their land. Many discouraged peoples from