The Gold Rush

In the Sierra Nevada in California, in the United States of America, in the year 1848 the Gold Rush began with the cry of “Gold, gold on the American River”.

The gold seekers immersed themselves in the nature of the mountains and on the banks of the streams began a hard work of searching for the precious metal.

Noah Smith, a farmer originally from Sacramento, as soon as he learned of the discovery of gold on the banks of the American River near Coloma decided to undertake this new adventure together with his nephew George Brown.

The two in search of fortune, with hearts full of hope, gathered their few things and their savings and with a goat, Sophia, and an old horse headed towards Coloma.

Arriving at the City of Coloma, Noah mistook the nag for a small boat with which the two rowed up the American River to settle in a clearing at the foot of two waterfalls.

With what they found on site they built a small shed using the boat as a roof, inside only two camp beds and a safe corner for the chickens, a barrel to hide the gold and a window made using the wheel of a cart.

George tireless with his young age dug and sifted the bottom of the stream all day, Noah with his inseparable mandolin cheered up the evenings and took care of cooking for both of them.

The model wants to represent the life of the first gold prospectors in California in 1848, it is made up of 3200 pieces and two minifigures. The techniques used are many and very different, certainly a peculiarity is the use of the hull of the lifeboat upside down, all the parts are correctly hooked together and the model is very stable and robust.

The Build consist of :

3200 LEGO pcs

2 minifigures (Noah Smith and George Brown)

1 goat (Sophia)

Measures: 25 cm x 40 cm x 25 cm (h)

I think this project will capture the attention of all fans of the Old Wild West and American history.

This project is the first of a trilogy that will keep me busy in the coming months.

I hope that many of you will want to give recognition to this historical fact, symbol of a past culture rooted in the territory of California and the United States of America.

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