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Today in History—January 24: How a Sparkling Riverbed Reshaped the American West
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January 24, 1848: How gold fever formed California
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January 24, 1848: How gold fever formed California
From Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850, by Farris & Smith, 1882; Photo Illustration Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.