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Where was the gold that kicked off the Gold Rush discovered?
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Although it’s fair to say that San Francisco was transformed into a bustling city practically overnight in 1849 as a result of the Gold Rush, that was only because it was the nearest port city to the discovery point. Instead, the first sign that there was “gold in them thar hills” came at Sutter’s Mill (near the Sacramento River) a year earlier.
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Where was the gold that kicked off the Gold Rush discovered?
- El Pueblo de Los Angeles
- San Francisco
- Bakersfield
- Sutter’s Mill
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