Gold Rush and Prospecting: Then and Now

This is a One Book, Many Neighbors program.  If participating in that, be sure to bring your brochure for your sticker to mark attendance.  Anyone can attend; you don’t have to be doing the adult reading program.

The mid-1800s were a time of excitement as gold was discovered.  Hundreds of thousands of people migrated to the West in search of gold, many to be disappointed.  The labor was hard, and the competition was fierce.  The Gold Rush was so large-scale and impactful that many historians consider it to be one of the most significant events for us in the 1800s.  Come learn about the history of prospecting gold and its evolution from members of the Pony Express Prospectors Association.  You’ll get a chance to see gold and learn how prospecting works now through a gold panning demonstration.