Historical insight is the alchemy that transforms the familiar story of the Gold Rush into something sparkling and new.
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*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the gold rushes written by participants *Includes bibliographies for further re
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The California Gold Rush began in 1848 and incited many “wagons west.” However, only half of the 300,000 gold seekers tr
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Most people in the United States have forgotten that tens of thousands of U.S. citizens migrated westward to California
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The California Gold Rush inspired a new American dream—the “dream of instant wealth, won by audacity and good luck.” The
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By 1860, twelve years after the discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill, more than five thousand American blacks had made the
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On the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continen
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Celebrating the 150th birthday of the state of California offers the opportunity to reexamine the founding of modern Cal
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