California Travel Tips
Banking on a Christmas Gamble
Published on: December 18, 2016
During California’s Gold Rush two brothers labored feverishly in a stream –week after week– with little luck. Frustrated and nearly broke, they decided to gamble on a new career. Using cut tree stumps as card tables, they borrowed a tent and set up a crude gambling parlor by the riverbank.
With growing prosperity, the loyal sons wrote their parents about their incredible success–well, sort of. They hedged a tad, not mentioning their gambling enterprise. Instead, they reported a thriving banking business.
Things went well until their parents decided to visit them for Christmas. Read the rest of this fun holiday story written by historian Craig MacDonald from his book, “Old West Christmas — Tales with a Twist”.
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