mn90403 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Everything changed in California and THE WEST. Every year there is a different version of the same story. It was not the first gold discovered in the west but it is the discovery credited with starting The Gold Rush which did change everything. https://www.fairfieldsuntimes.com/opinion/great-american-stories-the-original-49ers/article_bd9b9762-eb2c-5c8a-9c86-0b40fab7794b.html 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal_Cobra Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 As you said, not the first (the first was almost ten years earlier in Southern California), but it was the catalyst that began the great expansion to the western frontier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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