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…………. . Within a year, 100,000 people, only 8,000 of whom were women, had reached California. Homes and stores throughout the United States were abandoned as everyone rushed to California. By 1850, more than 50 ships were anchored in San Francisco Bay, but many had been deserted by gold-hungry sailors. A few people became fabulously rich, but most left as poor as they came.
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Gold is the most precious of metals, and throughout history people have longed for it |
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In 1848, gold was discovered in Sutter's Mill, near San Francisco, and the first great gold rush began |
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At the time of the California Gold Rush, the easiest way to reach San Francisco from the East Coast was by ship |
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San Francisco's football team is named after the people who came in 1849 hoping to find gold and strike it rich: “The 49ers" |
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Every year thousands of Mexicans illegally cross the border from Mexico into southern California looking for work. |