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STRIKE IT RICH!

A Gold Rush History Adventure — companion to By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman

Jack and Praiseworthy have stowed away on a ship bound for California. So have you. Follow their actual route — from Boston Harbor around Cape Horn to the gold fields of the Sierra Nevada — and discover the real history behind the story at each stop.

🗺️ The Route Map

Eleven stops · Boston → around Cape Horn → the gold fields → home · tap a pin to set sail

Map of The Great Horn Spoon voyage route: from Boston Harbor across the Atlantic past Rio de Janeiro and the Patagonia coast, around Cape Horn, north to Callao Peru and San Francisco Bay, inland to Sacramento, Hangtown, and the Diggings, then home from San Francisco to Boston. Eleven numbered stops are marked along the route. 1 · Stowaways! 2 · Life at Sea 3 · Rio! 4 · The Edge of the World 5 · The Roaring Horn 6 · Who Won the Race? 7 · City Gone Gold-Crazy 8 · Pick a Camp 9 · Hangtown! 10 · Pay Dirt! 11 · Rich at Last

🪙 Gold Dust Tracker

Your Gold Bag

Fill it by completing each stop.

📜 How It Works

Three steps at every stop — work at your own pace

⚓ The Prospector's Method ⚓

1

Read

Read the chapters listed at each stop.

2

Explore

Visit the stop, read the history, and complete the interactive activity.

3

Strike Gold

Answer the Your Turn question to earn your gold dust nugget.

🧭 Reading Roadmap

Read the chapters first — then set sail for that stop

Follow the book in order, pausing at each stop along the way. No dates, no deadlines — just read, then explore.

📖 Read these chapters…⛏ …then go to
Chapters 1–2
The Stowaways / How to Catch a Thief		Stop 1 · Boston
Chapters 3–4
News of the Sea Raven / The Pig Hunt		Stop 2 · At Sea
Chapter 4
The Pig Hunt		Stop 3 · Rio
Chapter 5
Land of Fire		Stop 4 · Patagonia
Chapters 5–6
Land of Fire / Spoiled Potatoes		Stop 5 · Cape Horn
Chapter 7
End of the Race		Stop 6 · Callao
Chapter 8
Saved by a Whisker		Stop 7 · San Francisco
Chapters 8–9
Saved by a Whisker / The Man in the Jipijapa Hat		Stop 8 · Sacramento
Chapters 9–13
From the Jipijapa Hat to a Bushel of Neckties		Stop 9 · Hangtown
Chapters 14–17
The Prospectors to The Fifteenth of August		Stop 10 · The Diggings
Chapter 18
Arrival at the Long Wharf		Stop 11 · Homeward

Grown-ups: see the For Teachers & Parents page for how this works.