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The Discovery of Gold on This Date in 1848 at Sutter’s Creek Kicked Off the California Gold Rush and Transformed America
American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The discovery‚ facilitated by Native American guides who knew ...
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how rich did america become because of the california gold rush?
Gold Rush's richest miner, Tony Beets, has been named as the world's wealthiest ... A large increase in demand for clothing fueled the growth of the leather industry. The development of wholesale and ...
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Samuel Brannan: Gold Rush Entrepreneur
His store made enormous profits by selling as much as $5,000 (about $120,000 in 2005 dollars) in goods per day to miners ... The chaos of the gold rush had played to his personality and business ...