{"id":277,"date":"2011-11-15T03:26:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T03:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/virtualsantaclara\/?page_id=277"},"modified":"2011-12-02T23:41:41","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T23:41:41","slug":"after-the-gold-rush-more-people-more-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/virtualsantaclara\/after-the-gold-rush\/after-the-gold-rush-more-people-more-business\/","title":{"rendered":"After the Gold Rush: More People, More Business"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Gold Rush brought tens of thousands of people to California looking to get rich quick. The population of Santa Clara Valley exploded with American, Chinese, and European immigrants. While most prospectors found nothing, many made a profit by providing this new population of immigrants<\/a> with services and goods.<\/p>\n

These entrepreneurs took advantage of the Santa Clara Valley\u2019s resources in order to meet local demand.\u00a0 One of these many industries included capturing the mineral water from local springs.<\/p>\n

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Santa Clara College was also founded during the Gold Rush, to serve the growing population of the valley. Nineteenth century Santa Clara students enjoyed the fruits of local industry, depositing this soda bottle where O\u2019Connor Hall is today<\/a>. Back then, it was the former California Hotel,<\/a> where Santa Clara College housed several dormitories and classrooms.<\/p>\n

The bottle is a small reminder of how the local economy grew very rapidly in a short period of time.<\/p>\n

It is labeled \u201cNew Almaden Mineral Water,\u201d which was bottled by the Vichy Water Company<\/a> between 1867 and 1882. The spring was well known before it was bottled: a guide book of California from 1861, invited travelers to sip \u201cthe delicious waters of the fine cool soda spring\u201d (Hutchings 1862).<\/p>\n

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Mid 19th\u00a0Century advertisement for the soda water (Boulland & Boudrealt 2006: 65)<\/p>\n

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ClaraVision<\/a>: Photos of the early Santa Clara College and student life.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHistory of New Almaden\u201d<\/a> Photos and a brief history of the mine by History San Jose.<\/em><\/p>\n

The California Gold Rush<\/a>. Interactive online exhibit from the Oakland Museum.<\/em><\/p>\n

Scenes\u00a0<\/em>of\u00a0<\/em>Wonder\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<\/em>Curiosity\u00a0<\/em>in\u00a0<\/em>California<\/em><\/a> (1862) by\u00a0James\u00a0M. Hutchings. A 19th<\/sup> century guidebook to California<\/em><\/p>\n

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