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The California Gold Rush, 1849

The California Gold Rush began on January when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutters Mill in Coloma, California . The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon , the Sandwich Islands ( Hawaii ), and Latin America , and they were the first to start flocking to the state in l