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How Gold Panning on the American River Shaped California History

Few events in American history have captured imaginations quite like the California Gold Rush. It began in earnest on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall found gold flakes at Sutter's Mill, near the American River. This discovery set off a torre...

Miley Munroe · 07 September 2023 · 2