Eureka! – California and the 1848 Gold Rush
On August 19, 1848, the the New York Herald, a major newspaper of the American East Coast printed the exciting news that gold has been found on the West Coast, which caused thousands of immigrants from all over the world to travel to California hoping to to find wealth and glory. The 1848 Gold Rush and How it all began The story began some months earlier, in January 1848. James Marshall constructed…
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