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gold rush, California

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The movement of great numbers of people to California after gold was discovered there in 1848. (See forty-niners.)

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gold rush, California

Following the 1849 gold rush, California officially becomes the 31st state admitted to the Union on 9 September, 1850.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 20, 2011

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