President James K. Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical rumors of riches in the Sierra Nevada, ignited the California Gold Rush with his State of the Union address on this day in history, Dec. 5, ...
Have you heard the news? After this year’s storms, California is glittering with gold. Gold here, gold there, gold everywhere. As the theory goes, there is, or will soon be, an abundance of ...
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