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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. [1] The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. [ 2 ]
The monument (CHL No. 441) in Burnt Wagons, California, marking the site where the group killed their oxen and burned their wagonsThe Death Valley '49ers were a group of pioneers from the Eastern United States that endured a long and difficult journey during the late 1840s California Gold Rush to prospect in the Sutter's Fort area of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada in California.
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
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 ...
The number of women in the mining communities and mining camps can be estimated by subtracting the roughly 2,000 females who lived in predominately Californio (Hispanics born in California before 1848) communities and were not part of the gold rush community. About 3.0% of the gold rush Argonauts before 1850 were female or about 3,500 female ...
In 1859, gold was discovered in California by a group of prospectors, including a tin manufacturer named W.S. Bodey. And the Gold Rush began.
James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, who on January 24, 1848, reported the finding of gold at Coloma, California, a small settlement on the American River about 36 miles northeast of Sacramento. His discovery was the impetus for the California Gold Rush.
This photo provided by Stack's Bowers Galleries shows a rare $20 double eagle gold coin from 1870, which sold for $1,440,000 at an auction Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Costa Mesa, Calif. (Stack's ...