James W. Marshall: a man whose tragic life was steeped in hilarity.
Marshall was made famous by his discovery of California gold which sparked the feverishly famous “Gold Rush” of 1849. Despite his discovery of gold, a substance of great value, he spent his entire life poor as a confused billy goat.
Apparently he did not care much for gold.
After his discovery, Marshall was forced from his land by the very gold seekers he’d accidentally invited over and his childhood dreams of maintaining his own sawmill and later his own vineyard never came to pass. He died penniless.
This is what you might call “ironic,” and therefore “hilarious.” This is because hilarity is at the very root of irony, you see?
What else would you like to know about James Marshall? Perhaps you’d like to see his face. Well, here it is:
Stately and respectable, yet weary from year after year of deferred hope and nightmares about diabetes.
Further:
- His mom’s name was Sarah.
- He lived in Missouri for awhile and contracted malaria, a common disease in that area and time – once again proving the unfailing accuracy of The Oregon Trail.
- There is literally nothing else of interest to say about James W. Marshall
Happy Friday, you guys.
Is this the idea for blogging that Unspar gave you?
UGH!!!!! Does no one know about other acheivements he had as a kid?
Ha – yes, it was one of many of his suggestions.
Is it that obvious?
I’m waiting for the blog on Penny Marshall next.
Yes. Yes it was.
heh. nice. I love my new friends.
This has Ben written all over it. Why doesn’t he still blog? It’s OK, though. He can do so vicariously through you.
Well, I still wrote it…
Yeah, why don’t I still blog?
Maybe I won’t give Christine any more ideas.
Well. it is certainly easier to delegate blogging to someone else.