| Clip Of California Gold Rush

Video Clip: California Gold Rush and the 49ers

Description

Marcia Eymann visited the Center for Sacramento History and talked about the California gold rush. The California gold rush began in 1848, when gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought 300,000 people from across the U.S. and abroad to California.

4 minutes

Keywords

  • 49ers
  • Gold Rush
  • Hydraulic Mining
  • Land Grant
  • Mad Hatter
  • Mercury
  • Mining The Miners
  • Quicksilver
  • Sacramento
  • Sutter

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