Eventos
California Sparsely Populated
(1,000 People)General Store Opens at Sutter's MillGold Discovered
at Sutter's MillCalifornia Becomes TerritorySan Francisco Newspaper
Reports GoldAll San Francisco
Men Seeks GoldSamuel Brannan's
Store BoomsGold Rushers Arrive
by Ship from around
Cape HornForty-Niners Arrive
(90,000 new miners)California Requests
StatehoodSan Francisco's
Population Booms
(went from 1,000
to 30,000 people)California Becomes
a StateMiner's Earnings Fall
from $20/day
to $6/day
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