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At the end of 1853, San Francisco, California, was a city on the fast track. A few years earlier, the bayside town had been a sleepy village of just 800 people. But the sight of gold in the waters of the American River at Sutter’s Mill in 1848 set...
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Contents
Sponsors: The Gold Rush (0:38) -- Importance of the Gold Rush (2:44) -- Gold! (1:55) -- Sam Brannan (1:54) -- California Before the Rush (1:41) -- Mexican-American War and California (1:01) -- Antonio Franco Coronel (2:14) -- Geography and Success...
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