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In 1799, Conrad Reed found gold in his father’s field in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. A visiting jeweler noticed the 17-pound nugget and at that moment America’s first gold rush was underway. Due to the amount of gold being mined in North Carolina, the government was forced to build the Charlotte Mint. Then, in 1828, gold was discovered in Georgia, the second gold rush. It wasn’t until 1848 that James Marshall made his discovery at Sutter’s Mill in California. Battle Of Kings Mountain, California Gold Rush, California Gold, Colonial America, American Independence, Mountain Man, Historical Art, Us History, Gold Rush

In 1799, Conrad Reed found gold in his father’s field in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. A visiting jeweler noticed the 17-pound nugget and at that moment America’s first gold rush was underway. Due to the amount of gold being mined in North Carolina, the government was forced to build the Charlotte Mint. Then, in 1828, gold was discovered in Georgia, the second gold rush. It wasn’t until 1848 that James Marshall made his discovery at Sutter’s Mill in California.

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The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by prospectors to the Yukon Territory in north-western Canada. Gold was first discovered in Bonanza Creek by the local miners on August 16, 1896. When the news of the discovery reached Seattle and San Francisco roughly 100,000 men traveled up north in search…

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Klondike Gold Rush, Yukon Territory, Gold Prospecting, Yukon Gold, Digital Museum, Call Of The Wild, Up North, Gold Rush, Old West

The Klondike Gold Rush was a migration by prospectors to the Yukon Territory in north-western Canada. Gold was first discovered in Bonanza Creek by the local miners on August 16, 1896. When the news of the discovery reached Seattle and San Francisco roughly 100,000 men traveled up north in search…

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