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apr 19, 1848 - California Gold Rush brings miners and diseases

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The influx of miners brings diseases that kill thousands of Native peoples. 300,000 Native peoples lived in California before the discovery of gold, but after the Gold Rush, the Native population declined to about 30,000.

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apr 19, 1848
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~ 177 years ago