California Gold Rush

Q: Where did the California Gold Rush happen?
A: California is where the notable event took place.

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quick facts

Occurred:	January 24, 1848 - 1855
Location:	California

California Gold Rush Image Gallery

Routes to California in 1849	Sailing to California at the beginning of the Gold Rush
California diamond jubilee half dollar commemorative	California goldfields in the Sierra Nevada and northern California
Gold miners excavate a river bed after the water has been diverted into a sluice alongside the river...	A forty-niner peers into his gold pan on the banks of the American river
A man leans over a wooden sluice. Rocks line the outside of the wood boards that create the sluice.	Panning for gold on the Mokelumne River