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The California Gold Rush
The gold Rush had attracted many people to migrate and to come to California in 1848 and 1849. THE GOLD RUSH
In 1848 there was 10,000 people living there and at 1849 their gold rush attracted many people and they zoomed from 14,000 to 100,000.
1848
The California gold rush started in 1849 after people in the east learned that gold had been discovered there in 1848.
In California, the gold rush was 1849.
In California, the gold rush was 1849.
In California, the gold rush was 1849.
300,000 men, woman, children. 150,000 arrived by sea, 150,000 arrived by land
The California Gold Rush (1848-1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. No one could keep a secret and by 1849 people were leaving their jobs and homes in the east and travelling to California in the hopes of finding some gold. Some estimate that over 300,000 people came to California. They were given the name, the "49'ers" as a reference to 1849.
In 1848, gold was found in California. by 1849, the news of this gold discovery sent many people from the East to travel to California to seek their fortunes in gold mining. The Gold Rush helped to populate California.
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