No they did not
they found gold in California 1849
at Sutter's Mill in 1849 in San Francisco, California
1849- California Gold Rush!
at Sutter's Mill in 1849 in San Francisco, California
The term "49ers" was used to refer to the gold miners who migrated to California in 1849 during the California Gold Rush. The name comes from the year 1849, which was the peak of the migration when thousands of people rushed to California in search of gold.
The 49ers were gold miners that went to California to mine for gold in 1849.
The miners who came west to California during the Gold Rush were often called "Forty-Niners" because they arrived in 1849 seeking gold.
The forty-niners were the miners who went to search for gold in 1849 during the California Gold Rush
Yes! The miners/paners left their home in 1849 so they were called 49ers.
The mass migration to California of miners and business people who made money from the miners is known as the California gold rush. The migrants who left for California in 1849 were called forty niners. Hope this helped ((;
The NFL team was named for the thousands of fortune seekers who traveled West in 1849 after gold was discovered in California on January 24, 1948.
The 49ers were all of the miners. The California Gold Rush occured in 1849, ergo, the miners, or people who went west in search for gold, were dubbed "'49ers."