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May 20, 2010 · Discover how the Gold Rush led to the creation of California. Own America: The Story of Us on DVD or Blu-ray! http://www.shophistorystore.com/HISTORY®, now r...
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- HISTORY
May 20, 2020 · May 22nd is the anniversary of a very important event in Australia’s history – the start of the gold rush. We look at how the gold rush began and how it helped to shape the country we...
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- Behind the News
Sep 29, 2016 · Not many Americans lived in California, but that soon changed. By 1849 thousands upon thousands of people arrived in search of gold. Support the cartoons on ...
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- Simple History
Mar 3, 2023 · The Gold Rush as a significant event in American history, And essentially fast tracked California to becoming a state in 1850.
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Oct 20, 2012 · The Gold Rush. The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. [1] The first to hear confirmed...
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- The Story of Liberty
Nov 6, 2006 · In the two decades after the discovery of gold, 120,000 Indians, four-fifths of California's Native population, would be wiped out — most by starvation or disease, others at the murderous hands...
The Klondike Gold Rush tells the legendary story of the Alaska-Yukon Gold Rush. Over 100,000 people voyage to the far North intent on reaching the Canadian boom-town Dawson City and...
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