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  2. Category : Mining communities of the California Gold Rush

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    Mining communities in California first established in the California Gold Rush (1848–1855) — in the present day primarily former mining towns, now ranging from ghost towns to cities v t

  3. List of people associated with the California Gold Rush

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    made his fortune during the California Gold Rush, as a gold miner George Hearst: 1820–1891 Sullivan, Missouri Territory (now Missouri), U.S. businessperson, politician used slight mining knowledge from Missouri to succeed in 1850s gold rush investment Albert W. Hicks: c. 1820–1860 Foster, Rhode Island, U.S. thief, murderer, mutineer, pirate

  4. Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park - Wikipedia

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    Visitors can see huge cliffs carved by mighty streams of water, results of the mining technique of washing away entire mountains of gravel to wash out the gold. The park is 26 miles (42 km) north-east of Nevada City, California, in the Gold Rush country. [4] The 3,143-acre (1,272 ha) park was established in 1965. [5]

  5. The Gold Rush That Changed Everything

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    The Gold Rush began in earnest in 1849, which led to its eager participants being called "49ers," and within two years of James Marshall's discovery at Sutter's Mill, 90,000 people flocked to ...

  6. In a California gold rush town, some Black families are ...

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    Gold was found near Coloma in 1848 by James W. Marshall, a white carpenter, setting off the California gold rush that saw hundreds of thousands of people from across the nation and outside of the ...

  7. Gold in California - Wikipedia

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    Gold: the California story. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-21547-8. Rawls, James J. and Orsi, Richard J. (eds.) (1999). A golden state: mining and economic development in Gold Rush California (California History Sesquicentennial Series, 2). Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press.

  8. Gold rush - Wikipedia

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    Owens Valley Rush, Owens Valley, California (1863–64) Leechtown Gold Rush, (south of Sooke Lake), Leech River, Vancouver Island (1864–65) West Coast gold rush, South Island, New Zealand (1864–67) Big Bend Gold Rush, British Columbia (1865—66) Francistown Gold Rush, British Protectorate of Bechuanaland (1867) [19]

  9. Maritime history of California - Wikipedia

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    Americans and foreigners of many different countries, statuses, classes, and races rushed to California for gold. Almost all (~96%) were young men under age 40. [43] Women in the California Gold Rush were initially less than 4% of the population in 1850 and had many opportunities to do new things and take on new tasks in women poor California.