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Modern Day Gold Rush: 6 American States Rich With Gold

Gold mining has been part of the American story for more than two centuries and it remains an important industry today.
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Lucky Strike

Gold nugget. 1848. Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. This small piece of yellow metal is believed to be the first piece of gold discovered in 1848 at Sutter's Mill in California, ...
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After the Gold Rush: Fishy evidence of San Francisco’s beginnings

An archaeological dig has discovered the participants during the time of California’s Gold Rush dined on salted Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). The finding, which comes from University of Kansas ...
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Exterminate them : written accounts of the murder, rape, and slavery of Native Americans during the California gold rush, 1848-1868 / edited by Clifford E. Trafzer and Joel R. Hyer

White American perceptions of California Indians -- Native American reaction to the invasion -- Other Native resistance -- The Gold Rush and Native Americans of Southern California -- Anglo ...