Weathering is the principal process that acts upon the earthâs primary minerals to form the smaller and finer particles that we call âsoil.â Maui County is an excellent place to observe the effects of weathering since it contains both slightly weathered and highly weathered soils.
The Conestoga wagon was built with its floor curved upward to prevent the contents from tipping and shifting. Including its tongue, the average Conestoga wagon was 18 feet long, 11 feet high, and 4 feet in width.
True entrepreneurs with the luck of the Irish, they were a part of the very first immigrant party (Stephens-Townsend-Murphy) to successfully bring wagons over the Sierra in 1844, paving the way for westward migration. John and Danielâs cries were among the first heard of âGOLD!â in California. It is reported that the brothers took two million dollars in gold ore from the Murphys Diggins in one yearâs time, making them millionaires before the age of 25. During that first year, 50 tents, several lean-tos, and two blockhouses were erected, and by 1850, the camp had a population of 1200. In 1852 there were 3000 people, close to the present-day population. Murphys was one of Californiaâs richest âdiggins.â During one winter, five million dollars worth of gold was taken from a four-acre placer area.