| A | B |
|---|
| Vincente Perez Rosales | He kept a vivid diary |
| Lotta Crabtree | Struck it rich as a performer in the mining camps. |
| Mifflin Wistar Gibbs | Published the first African-American newspaper. |
| Luzena Wilson | She hid miners gold in her oven at night. |
| Chief Tenaya | His people lived in the Yosemite Valley for centuries. |
| Emperor Norton | He had money printed with his picture on it. |
| Domingo Ghirardelli | This chocolateer came from Peru for the Gold Rush. |
| Hiram Pierce | He never made any money in the goldfields. |
| Yee Fung Cheung | He treated sickness with herbs. |
| Joaquin Murieta | He was known as the Mexican Robin Hood. |
| Mary Patten | Commanded a ship when her husband fell ill. |
| Alvin Coffey | He came in slavery to California. |
