Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day

Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day, or Talk Like a Grizzled Old Prospector Day, is observed annually on January 24^th. You are encouraged to be a gray-haired old miner with such an Anniversary in the calendar. Make sure you act like a gray-haired miner this Celebration Day.

Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day history

Talk Like a Grizzled Pros Inspector Day celebrates the beginnings of the California Gold Rush, which began on January 24, 1848, when James Marshall discovered gold while building a sawmill for John Sutter, near the area that present day Coloma, California. The day is derived from International Talk Like a Pirate Day, and is inspired by Lead Day, which was once held at Knott's Berry Farm every year on January 24.

Popular examples of characters talking as dazzled adventurers in popular culture include Dallas McKennon narrating Disneyland's Mine Train Thru Nature's Wonderland and Big Thunder Mountain, Gabby Hayes - both drunk and sober - in many Western films, Gabby Johnson in Blazing Saddles, Will Ferrell as Gus Chiggins on Saturday Night Live, and Walter Huston in Treasure of the Sierra Madre.

Investigators first arrived in the Sacramento Valley after Marshall found pieces of gold in the American River near Sutter's Mill, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At the time, there were less than 1,000 non-Indigenous residents in California. Newspapers began to report the discovery of gold, and by August 4,000 miners had arrived in the area. The first people from outside the territory came by boat and came from Oregon, the Sandwich Islands, the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, Peru, China, and Chili.

In December 1848, a report was published by Colonel Richard Mason about the abundance of gold in California; which has motivated many potential customers to travel to this territory. Throughout 1849, thousands of people came, traveled by sea or land, and were known as the '49ers. Lawless mining towns sprang up in the area, along with shops, restaurants, and brothels, and San Francisco became an important city in the territory. By the end of 1849, the number of non-native people had increased up to 100,000. The gold rush made California a state in 1850, and gold discovery peaked in the state in 1852. In total, more than 750,000 pounds of gold were mined during the Gold Rush.

The implication of a grizzly gold prospector is that of someone who has stayed in search of gold for so long that their hair has turned gray. Some prospectors refused to quit and continued to live in the Western Territories. So when Bart Simpson mentioned a grizzly miner from the 1890s, he was referring to a miner who stayed over forty years after the Gold Rush struck, still trying to find gold, silver, oil, radium and uranium. In addition to his gray beard, the patterned grizzly hunter had faded clothes, missing teeth, a pickaxe, and a mule. They were on a gold rush, and were suspicious of anyone who came close to their claim.

How to hold Talk Like a Grizzled Prospector Day

You can talk like a grizzly seeker with others on this Day. Let them be confused when looking at you whether you come from another era. Use your nose bag (lunch break) to get some strawberries (beans) and ask if someone has taken their strawberries. Throw a party that invites your friends and family to dress up as a grizzly metal miner. Share your fun moments on social media using hashtags ##TalkLikeAGrizzledPros InspectorDay.