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- 23. Winter's Reckoning Mar 1, 2024
- Tony calls his son Kevin to help fire up nearly every plant he can, including Dredge #1.
- 22. The Money Pit Fights Back Feb 23, 2024
- Parker's crew accidentally unleashes a flood of water that wreaks havoc.
- 21. Rally Valley or Bust Feb 16, 2024
- Rick bets his season on firing up Monster Red, hoping Rally Valley will save his season.
The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad.
The 1848 discovery of gold in California set off a frenzied Gold Rush to the state the next year as hopeful prospectors, called “forty-niners,” poured into the state. This massive migration to California transformed the state’s landscape and population.
Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the...
Feb 14, 2024 · The California Gold Rush was the mass migration of Americans and others to California in search of gold, which was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848. It led to California's statehood and is one of the most important events tied to America’s Manifest Destiny and how it shaped the United States.
Jan 17, 2018 · The Klondike Gold Rush, often called the Yukon Gold Rush, was a mass exodus of prospecting migrants from their hometowns to the Canadian Yukon Territory and Alaska after gold was discovered...
Feb 8, 2024 · HISTORY & CULTURE. Who were the original 49ers? The true story of the California Gold Rush. Their work was hard and dirty. Disease spread quickly. Native populations were displaced and...
gold rush, rapid influx of fortune seekers to the site of newly discovered gold deposits. Major gold rushes occurred in the United States, Australia, Canada, and South Africa in the 19th century. The first major gold strike in North America occurred near Dahlonega, Georgia, in the late 1820s.
