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The gold rush

by Emily Raabe · 2002

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Describes how the 1848 discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, California, sparked a movement of people to California from around the country and the world.

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19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisfrontierfrontierMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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short · 24 pages

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