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Gold Rush Global Fever Shapes San Francisco Origins
The article details the global rush to California gold starting in 1848 1849, with ships from Hawaii Sydney and Liverpool carrying prospectors to Yerba Buena. It notes diverse nationalities including Americans Europeans Asians and Australians bringing motives and cultures, and describes early San Francisco as a multicultural boomtown with bars stores and vigilante activity along Telegraph Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sandoval
California
Pacific Coast
China
Australia
Thaly
France
Germany
England
Spain
San Francisco
Trish Policians
Fisherman’s’ Wharf
Louise
Honolulu
Hono
Horolila
Yerba Buena
Peru
Chile
Pao‘ania
Sydney” Herald
Sydney
Plymouth
Sandwich Islands
San Ficisco
Sydney Town
Telegraph Hill
Mery
Cast
Custo
Ives
Cilormah
Stephen A. Wright
B.H. von Plister
William Sivasey
Sutter’s Fort
Pickett
Sonoma Fhiva
Sidler
Cullomuh
Sacramento
Lansford W. Hastings
Henry Chever
Culloar
Sam Brannan
Clloman
Sutter's Fort
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