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Gold Rush, The

Format
EBook
Pages
110
ID
B013HSPKEW

The discovery of a nugget in California in 1848 set off the first gold rush in history. In 1849 alone, the population increased 500 percent as
80,000 men rushed to claim its riches; three years later, nearly 250,000 people lived there.

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