The Gold Rush
"It was a clear cold morning I shall never forget," wroteJames Marshall in his diary on January 24, 1848 (as quoted in Rosalyn Schanzer's Gold Fever!). "My ey...
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The Gold Rush
The discovery of gold in the Sacramento Valley of northern California, inland from the San Francisco Bay, in 1848 marked the beginning of one of the most dramatic periods in American his...
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The capital city's ties to the Gold Rush are everywhere, from the historical old town where fortune-seekers arrived on the Sacramento River to Sutter's Fort, where costumed actors recreate the Wild...
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The final figures for attendance at the big Jamestown 400th anniversary weekend haven't been released yet, so we don't know whether organizers met their goal of selling 90,000 tickets. Advance sale...
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BEIJING, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Authorities in northwestern
China have ordered a crackdown on private mining of a precious
jade whose soaring value in local markets has lured thousands
of people to a ...
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Debra Sanders unlatches a padlock and swings open the door to reveal a room jammed with boxes, steamer trunks, a roulette wheel, wicker furniture, phonographs, mannequins dressed in gold rush garb,...
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Levi Strauss arrived in wild San Francisco in 1853.The gold rush was on, but Strauss (1829-1902) had no guarantees that he would make his own fortune.Strauss, who was still a couple of decades from...
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Carnival revelers streamed into the city Saturday _ and Mardi Gras organizers hoped to throw such a fantastic party that visitors would vow to return to this tourist-dependent city again.Tourism of...
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 2007. There are 341 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in ...
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The American Film Institute's original 1998 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "Casablanca," 1942.3. "The Godfather," 1972.4. "Gone With the Wind," 1939.5. "Lawrence of ...
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The American Film Institute's 2007 list of the top-100 American movies:1. "Citizen Kane," 1941.2. "The Godfather," 1972.3. "Casablanca," 1942.4. "Raging Bull," 1980.5. "Singin' in the Rain," 1952.6...
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Today is Tuesday, June 26, the 177th day of 2007. There are 188 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous ...
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The Gold Rush
Gold Rush-era human remains unearthed
