Two years after 1848, the California Gold rush is still bringing thousands of people west in order to strike rich. Saint Michael lived in a small town with his mother and father. The last five years have been hard on his family, with his father became jobless and his mother's periodic illnesses which in turn had left the coffers empty. With wanting a better life for his family, the young Saint Michael packed up a wagon and sold the house. With the money from the sale, Saint Michael had started to ride westward with his mother and father. After weeks and weeks of nothing but the hot summer sun, they came upon a small town with rows and rows of cabins lining up. With what little money he had, Saint Michael had rented one of the small cabins
