I agree.
Two of my ancestors on both sides of my family went to California in the Gold Rush. They both returned with enough gold to buy farms in Indiana and Illinois.
1. How did the discovery of new mines affect settlement of the West?
A: The discovery of new mines brought hordes of miners desperately hoping to strike it rich to the West. This caused small towns to become boomtowns. When the mines closed, however, the economies of these boomtowns collapsed, resulting in ghost towns as most of the townspeople moved on in search of new opportunities.
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