[DOC] [TLE] California Gold Rush - Wikipedia [PAR] The California Gold Rush (18481855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold 
was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to 
hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in ... In September, 
1850, California became a state as part of the Compromise of 1850. New 
methods... [DOC] [TLE] The Gold Rush of 1849 - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Find out more about the history of The Gold Rush of 1849, including videos, ... 
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked 
the Gold Rush, ... As news spread of the discovery, thousands of prospective gold 
miners ... Throughout 1849, people around the United States (mostly men) 
borrowed... [DOC] [TLE] The California Gold Rush, 1849 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] A miner describes his journey to the gold fields and the mining camps. ... The 
spark that ignited the gold rush occurred in May 1848 when Sam Brannan, ... the 
once Mexican province and assured its inclusion as a state in the union. ... 
rigging into the water & it was known that he could not swim, so the excitement 
was great. [DOC] [TLE] California Gold Rush | HistoryNet [PAR] Facts, information and articles about the California Gold Rush, an event of 
Westward ... were the first to arrive in order to test their luck in California by the 
end of 1848. ... and legislature were made in 1849 and California became a state 
in 1850. ... letters 'form the best account of an early mining camp that is known to 
me. [DOC] [TLE] California Gold Rush | The Gold Rush of 1849 Facts - KidsKonnect [PAR] The California Gold Rush ran from 1848 to 1855 in Sierra Nevada and North 
Carolina. Over 300,000 people rushed to the area to pan for gold. ... Some 
people collected thousands of dollars' worth of gold each day, colleting 6 years' ... 
representatives were sent to Washington D.C to negotiate California becoming a 
State. [DOC] [TLE] California Gold Rush (18481858) - Open Collections Program [PAR] The great California gold rush began on January 24, 1848, when James W. ... 
thousands of immigrants to California from elsewhere in the United States and... [DOC] [TLE] Calisphere: 1848-1865: Gold Rush, Statehood, and the Western ... [PAR] The arrival and departure of thousands of immigrants, the intensely ... The 
disruptions of the Gold Rush proved devastating for California's native groups ... 
The state's native population plummeted from about 150,000 in 1848 to 30,000 
just 12 years later. ... Chinese gold seekers arrived in great numbers after 1851, 
and soon... [DOC] [TLE] The California Gold Rush - North Carolina Digital History - Learn NC [PAR] Thousands of people caught gold fever and decided to go west in order to see 
the ... and traders, California passed into the hands of the United States as a 
result of the ... Thomas O. Larkin, consul at Monterey, sent dispatches describing 
the ... gave great publicity to the gold discovery in his December 5, 1848 
message to... [DOC] [TLE] American Experience | The Gold Rush | Transcript | PBS [PAR] Sep 13, 2006 ... In January 24, 1848, gold was found in California, unleashing a ... H.W. Brands, 
Historian: What the gold rush did was to give people .... Narrator: In 1847, the 
United States defeated Mexico in a two-year conflict ... thousands of miners from 
rushing in and sweeping up the gold and .... I will send money back. [DOC] [TLE] The Gold Rush: California Transformed [PAR] As news of Marshall's discovery began to spread, Californians rushed to the ... of 
the discovery attracted to California hundreds of thousands of gold- ... During the 
summer of 1848, the gold fever spread to Hawaii, Oregon and Utah, and in ..... 
Many Native people joined in the rush for gold and became miners themselves. [DOC] [TLE] The California Gold Rush of 1849 | Coloma, California [PAR] The California Gold Rush of 1849 on Coloma, California | After James ... Sutter 
described it this way

Question: A great gold rush in 1848 sent thousands of people rushing to this state
Answer: California