The California gold rush started in 1849 after people in the east learned that gold had been discovered there in 1848.
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The Gold Rush in California began when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, a sawmill on the South Fork of the America River, near Coloma, California.
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The gold rush famously prompted the '49ers - gold prospectors - to flock to California in 1849. The Civil War didn't start until 1860.
By the gold rush!
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