The World Rushed In! (apr 1, 1849 – apr 30, 1849)
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The month of April 1849 saw approximately 30,000 young men leave from the Eastern United States to California in search of gold. At the time they were called Californians, but history remembers them as the 49ers.
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Gold Rush
Major events from the Gold Rush
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