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如果说美国西部开发是一部狂想曲,加利福尼亚的淘金热则算是最令人销魂的乐章。1848年1月14日是改变加利福尼亚命运的一天:美利坚河口发现了黄金的消息不胫而走。于是农民离开土地,水手上了海岸,士兵开了小差儿,数万人千里迢迢义无反顾地来到加州安营扎寨。这些满怀发财致富的梦想的‘四八客’所引发的‘淘金热’比起南部与西北部移民潮虽然经济意义不大,但却带来了勃勃生机。港湾热闹非凡,市场繁荣无比,黄金交易盛行,银行业蓬勃发展。短暂的淘金热过去了,留给加利福尼亚的是一处又一处的商业中心与新兴城镇,还有为人称道的勇于开拓、崇尚民主的西部精神。
If the development of the western United States is a rhapsody, the gold rush in California is the most ecstatic movement. January 14, 1848 One day to change the fate of California: The news of the discovery of gold at the estuary of the mouth of the United States spread like wildfire. So the peasants left the land, the sailors were on the coast, and the soldiers drove to the ground. Tens of thousands of miles came to camp in California without hesitation. The “gold rush” triggered by these ’48 tourists’ who are full of fortune and fortune makes their vitality rather than economic significance in the south and northwestern migrants. Harbor lively, extremely prosperous market, the prevalence of gold trading, the banking industry booming. The brief gold rush has passed, leaving California with business centers and emerging towns, one after another, and the commendable pioneering and advocating democracy in Western China.