The Man Was Just Trying To Excercise His Civic Right, Man

And he went nuts. He attacked that thing more than I attack the 3 'n 1 copier at my new job.

And somehow, this guy is still hot. Perhaps it's because he voted. Voting is hot. These days we get election results back in a matter of minutes. In 1849, it took over four months for the word to spread East by newspapers on the mule train that hail-sized gold nuggets were being dug up in that Californian frontier. Ah, the Gold Rush. When you could take a chance on takin' all you could.

And of course, by the time the story broke, all the gold was gone. But, whatevs. We ain't never woulda had the California we have without it.