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California gold rush - Wikipedia

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 Gold Rush | Definition, History, & Facts - Britannica

Overview of the California Gold Rush, the rapid influx of fortune seekers in California that began after gold was found at Sutter's Mill on ...

Gold Rush: California, Date & Sutter's Mill | HISTORY

The Gold Rush in California started in 1848 after gold was found at Sutter's Mill. Within a year, hundreds of thousands of 49ers seeking ...

The California Gold Rush | American Experience | Official Site - PBS

The discovery of gold in1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen countries to form a multi-ethnic society ...

Gold Rush Overview - California State Parks

A portion of his Mexican land grant became the bustling Gold Rush boomtown of Sacramento. While gold-seekers were pouring through Sacramento and into the Sierra ...

The California Gold Rush - National Park Service

The California Gold Rush ... At a time when restless Americans were already itching to go west, the discovery of gold in California in 1848 was ...

The Discovery of Gold | Early California History: An Overview

At the end of June 1848, Sherman persuaded his commander, California's military governor Colonel Richard Barnes Mason, to visit the gold fields himself to ...

Historical Impact of the California Gold Rush | Norwich University

The Gold Rush significantly influenced the history of California and the United States. It created a lasting impact by propelling significant industrial and ...

The Gold Rush in California | The American West (article)

Overview · 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,” ...

California Gold Rush | DPLA

Cite this set ... A map showing the gold mining region of California and routes for traveling there, 1849. A print depicting a long line of men, women, and ...

Gold Rush - California State Library

Access third-party genealogy databases as well as our genealogy research guides. Sutro Library. Our San Francisco branch holds the original collection of ...

History in a Nutshell | The California Gold Rush | Season 2 - PBS

Learn how the discovery of gold in California transformed the American west!

1868-1898 - Prelude: The California Gold Rush - A History of UCSF

On January 24, 1848, a worker found gold nuggets in the millrace at John Sutter's encampment on the American River, setting off a decade-long nationwide wave ...

Gold Rush - Coloma

The California Gold Rush of 1849. After James Marshall discovered gold in Coloma, he tried to keep his discovery a secret. · Gold! Even with the crudest of ...

The California Gold Rush, 1849 - EyeWitness to History

"We took passage on a small schooner, crossed the bay with a gentle breeze & soon were winding our way up the crooked Sacramento. We soon entered Soosoon bay & ...

The California Gold Rush | History In A Nutshell - YouTube

The date of January 24, 1848 started out as a typical work day for carpenter James W. Marshall, who was tasked with constructing a ...

After the Gold Rush - National Geographic Education

The California gold rush turned the once-rural expanse of California into an area dotted with towns and cities.

Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories, Oakland Museum of California.

This site preserves and supplements four major exhibitions celebrating the gold rush sesquicentennial, at the Oakland Museum of California.

Gold Rush Transforms San Francisco - National Park Service

By 1849, as the gold rush fever swept through the country, the city's population exploded to a staggering 25,000. Because of the rapid ...

The California Gold Rush and Beyond – History example

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California, set a pattern for such strikes that was repeated again and again for the next decade, in what ...