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__** The California Gold Rush - During and After the Gold Rush​ **__

=== **//__ Main Idea __//** ** In 1848 California was a part of the USA. In that same year gold was discovered, later it started to spread quickly. Every one was crazy and left their homes and familys because they thought they were going to find gold. People came from every where. They came from China, Mexico, Europe, North America, and South America. People who came to find gold were called forty-niners.Over 250,000 people came to find gold. The gold rush only lasted about 5 years. The first two years California was very popular people started to move to California to look for gold. When people moved there was just a village that pop out. There is a football team that was about the gold rush. People settled in boomtowns next to the mills. Pictures ** === ​



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