Mural Info
Artist: Anton Refregier
Location: Mission and Spear, South of Market
Current state: Available
Photo by: SF Mural Arts
Taken on: 4-Feb-2012
Views: 4039
Panel #12. The California Gold Rush began in earnest after Samuel Brannan, a Mormon immigrant and founder of San Francisco's first newspaper, publicly displayed American River gold in San Francisco on May 12, 1848. President Polk's official announcement in Washington on December 5, 1848 set off a major emigration to California. The Gold Rush reached its height in 1852 when nearly 100,000 settlers populated the mining area. (text from a plaque on the wall)
