History

desire to get rich quickly acted as a ‘pull’ factor encouraging over 40,000 people to cross the Great Plains.San Francisco transformed from a small settlement into a city by the number of miners arriving and settling.need to provide services to miners led to increased migration and the founding of mining towns, such as Virginia City. Large numbers of people from around the world heading to California resulted in the non-Native American population rising to approximately 225,000.

The Olympic Games finally came to an end today. Hitler and the others showed up this afternoon for the final ceremony, which continued until well after dark. The Nazis have succeeded with their propaganda. First, the Nazis have run the games on an extravagant scale never before experienced, and this has appealed to the athletes. Second, the Nazis have put on a good show for the general visitors, especially those who are big businessmen.