To: bananaman22
My great great Grandfather and his brother left Indiana in 1850 and went to the Sacramento area walking with a wagon train.
They came back in 1854 with $10,000 in gold coins. That’s about $275,000 in today’s cash. I still have an 1854 2 1/2 dollar Liberty coin they brought back. .
25 posted on
06/14/2018 5:00:48 PM PDT by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired off Winning)
To: Sasparilla
. I still have an 1854 2 1/2 dollar Liberty coin they brought back. .
WOW!
29 posted on
06/14/2018 5:32:12 PM PDT by
painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: Sasparilla
Great family story! Was your 1854 quarter eagle minted in San Francisco? Those are exceedingly rare coins....
32 posted on
06/14/2018 5:40:43 PM PDT by
Hetuck
("We will Barry you" - Nikita Khrushchev)
To: Sasparilla
34 posted on
06/14/2018 6:33:58 PM PDT by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
To: Sasparilla
"
My great great Grandfather and his brother left Indiana in 1850 and went to the Sacramento area walking with a wagon train.
They came back in 1854 with $10,000 in gold coins. That’s about $275,000 in today’s cash. I still have an 1854 2 1/2 dollar Liberty coin they brought back. "
An interesting story, but helps to show that not everyone got "rich" during the gold rush days.
4 years, 2 people...that's 1,250 per year per man or about $34,375 in today's money (assuming your 275k is adjusted correctly). Not a lot, for very hard work no doubt.
40 posted on
06/15/2018 11:23:00 AM PDT by
rxsid
(HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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