Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation Country & Folk In The Reign of Napoleon

In The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte

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Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation Country & Folk In The Reign of NapoleonOn the morning of January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold in California. The news spread across the continent, launching hundreds of ships and hitching a thousand prairie schooners filled with adventurers in search of heretofore unimagined wealth. Those who joined the processionsoon called 49ersincluded the wealthy and the poor from every state and territory, including slaves brought by their owners. In numbers, they represented the