California is called the Golden State because of the California Gold Rush in San Francisco in 1849. (That gold rush also named the San Francisco 49ers football team).
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∙ 12y agoThe golden state is California. It was named that because when a lot of gold was found in there around the 1949 Gold Rush.
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California's official state flower is the California Poppy. Though the foliage is golden, the flower is not known as the Golden Poppy.
California is referred to as the Golden State, in reference to the 1848-1855 gold rush.
No. Tennessee is known as the Volunteer State, dating from the War of 1812. California is "the Golden State."
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California's nickname is the Golden State........... A while back we had the Gold Rush in California. there was so much gold that they called this state the Golden State. <3, Pinkmonkeylover2 keep on asken!
Andre Iguodala is number 9 on the Golden State Warriors.