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The California Gold Rush 1848-1855

By: David Truby Period 5 History. The California Gold Rush 1848-1855. The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in California.

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The California Gold Rush 1848-1855

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  1. By: David Truby Period 5 History The California Gold Rush1848-1855

  2. The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, Latin America. These were some of the first people to start mining at California in 1848. THE California Gold Rush

  3. All in all, the news of gold brought some 300,000 people to California from the rest of the United States and abroad. Of the 300,000, approximately half arrived by sea and half came from the east overland on the California Trail and the Gila River trail. They called the gold-seekers the “forty-niners”. The California Gold Rush

  4. Gold prices from the time of the California Gold Rush (1849) was only about $15-$25 per ounce. Today Gold is about $1,660 per ounce. Gold prices from 1848 to 2012

  5. THE END The California Gold Rush

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