The major population was in Northern California. San Francisco grew and as the miners followed the Sacramento River to the gold fields small towns were created. The majority of these places still exist and have people living there. Sacamento grew from a fort to a major city. John Sutter the owner of the fort and the saw mill where gold was found lost everything due to the gold rush.
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Arriving as part of the California Gold Rush in 1849, many of them settled in California.
Most Chinese immigrants settled in the western cities. Most of them were in California.
1848 to 1855 was the most favorable time because of the famous gold rush. It began on January 24th, 1848 when gold was found by James.W.Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California.
Most of them settle on the US Southwest (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas).
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Most Chinese males arrived during the California Gold Rush in 1849.
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