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may 12, 1848 - Gold Fever in San Francisco

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Sam Brannan sparks a gold fever in San Francisco, and his business booms(it sells mining equipment. Almost the whole male population of San Francisco heads to the gold fields, and the first Chinese Immigrants begin to arrive.

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may 12, 1848
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~ 177 years ago

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