SW Grade 4 Week 21

Another Woman: Elsa Jane Guerin

Elsa Jane Guerin went to California and pretended to be a man called "Mountain Charley" and worked as a prospector and a pack-mule trader. When earned lots of money, she returned to her normal life in St. Louis as a mother & wife.

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Elsa Jane Guerin

The Forty-Niners Made Life Hard For John Sutter Because

John Sutter became rich when miners were buying his tools in 1848. But then, in 1849, the forty-niners came and came to his property without paying. Many of Sutter's workers left, and strangers were stealing supplies from him. At the end, Sutter became poor.

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The Forty-Niners Made Life Hard For John Sutter Because