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The Gold Rush’s Hidden Cost: How California’s Rivers Are Recovering from 1848's Boom
California’s Gold Rush of 1848 is often depicted as a time of adventure, opportunity, and transformation. Picture it: waves ...
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The California Gold Rush
An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...
OPINION | Curtis Varnell: Arkansas was a jumping off place for forty-niners during the Gold Rush
Something about the heavy, shiny metal has always attracted mankind. From our earliest history, the lure and acquisition of ...
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Cultural Integration
With the discovery of gold in California and the ensuing gold rush, white settlement accelerated. Many of the attitudes of the new arrivals conflicted with Mexican culture and its strong Catholic ...
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The California Gold Rush
An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...