The Builders

      Life as a buisness owner in the 1800 was a bit more difficult then what you might think running a buisness would be like today. Most people from the 1800's who were looking to get in a buisness would do so by possibly building a country store out west where they could get all the people looking for gold to get there products. The pros of this was it was quick money if you could keep your product in stock long enough before the mines ran dry and the main people buying your product packs up and leaves to their new mining towns. The risk of opening a buisness in a mining town was a risk of going bankrupt when the mines hit rock bottom, this was just as big of a risk if you were a miner that risked it all to come find gold in the mountains of the west. But the smart buisness owners had an advantage because they knew how to manage money, In one case of a good man named Stanford he was such a sucsesful buisness man he elected to run for a job in politics but he refused because he wanted to contenue the hunt for money out west. The good that came from this was he didn't have to show up to work ready and focused, a job like this for Stanford wouldn't have worked becuase he was a genarally a lazy and slow person who would spend time focusing in minor details. Stanford although a good buisness man wouldn't have lasted to long in the politics of a growing country. So although being a buisness owner was one carrer choice in the 1800's it was as risky as selling everything you owned and moving wast to try to cash in on the ever growing California gold rush.

By: Tj Cecil