California Gold Rush

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American History

 

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Annie G

 

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June 25, 2014

 

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University

 

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He described the nugget as "half the size and shape of a pea." "It made my heart thump," he later recalled, "for I was certain it was gold." Examining the nugget, he exclaimed to his fellow workmen, "Boys, by God, I believe I have found a gold mine." The impact of Marshall's find that afternoon at Sutter's Mill in the Sierra Nevada foothills was enormous, and became known worldwide...
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Although Marshall's discovery occurred in 1848, the electrifying news did not reach the East Coast and other parts of the world until a year later, triggering the Gold Rush of '49, the greatest stampede of gold seekers in history. The only hope was to keep the discovery quiet. Sutter and Marshall swore the mill workers to secrecy, but word got out...
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