An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...
The team’s name is a nod to history. The California Gold Rush began in 1848, but it took a year for the word to get out, and so by the time 1849 rolled around, thousands of fortune hunters had ...
While the settlers were among the first to rush for gold ... The San Francisco 49ers inherited their name from the voyagers ...