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aug 5, 1849 - News Reaches Oregon

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Sometimes in early August, news of the gold rush reached the people of Oregon. Overall, during the gold rush, more than 90,000 people went to California. These people were called known as the forty-niners.

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aug 5, 1849
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~ 176 years ago