Description
The Gold Rush sparked an unprecedented mass migration in the U.S. At the time of the discovery, and within a year about 80,000 “forty-niners” (as the fortune seekers of 1849 were called) had reached the California goldfields. By 1853 their numbers had grown to 250,000.
The Discovery of America... and the opening of the great American West in the early 19th century is explored. The westward march of Americans toward the Pacific sets the stage for the Gold Rush. A LionHeart FilmWorks original production. This multi-part series will explore these people and events...
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