| A | B |
|---|
| John Sutter | Swiss immigrant who started a colony near the Sacramento River |
| Donner Party | settlers who were caught in the mountains |
| forty-niners | gold-seeking migrants to California |
| prospect | to search for gold |
| placer miners | miners who washed gold out of loose rock |
| claim | area of land chosen by a prospector |
| immigrants | people who came to America |
| James Marshall | found gold near Sutter's Fort in 1848 |
