It began on 24 January 1848 with the discovery of gold and ended in 1855.
more immgration at the time of 1849 in less than a year the size doubled from idk to 300,000 thousand
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The gold rush of 1849
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The California Gold Rush started on January 24, 1848 and lasted seven years, till 1855.
They were referred to as "49ers" because that was the year the California gold rush started (1849).
Gold was found in 1848 and the people who went there the following year were referred to as '49ers'
People were called 49ers b/c the gold rush happened in 1849, sum 80,000 people migrating to California in search of gold. People in fewer numbers also migrated in 1848, they were called 48ers.
There are photographs of Chinese men digging for gold in California during the gold rush of 1849.
The boom began with the discovery of gold in 1848.