Search results for "Gold Rush" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The California Gold Rush brought the first Euro-American settlements into the area in the early 1850s, including at Yreka, California and Upper ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- in January 1848, launching the California Gold Rush. ==War in Northeastern Mexico== The defeats at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma caused political ...28 KB (4,268 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- is an iron ore and AuTe2 gave its name to the gold rush town of Telluride, Colorado in the United States. ==Group 17 (Halogens)== ...30 KB (4,368 words) - 00:41, 24 November 2022
- was "camosack," meaning "rush of water") and known ... With the discovery of gold on the British Columbia mainland in 1858 ...26 KB (3,658 words) - 20:09, 3 May 2023
- It would prove to be the anthem of the California Gold Rush in 1848 and 1849. In 1849, he published Foster's Ethiopian Melodies, which included the ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 20:00, 9 February 2023
- their territory on their way to the Californian Gold Rush. Many of these horses were stolen, and the Comanches earned a reputation as formidable horse ...41 KB (6,731 words) - 00:03, 8 January 2024
- Several of Lightfoot's albums achieved gold and multi-platinum ... url=https://www.nicholasjennings.com/before-the-gold-rush|title=Before ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- | occupation = Gambler Lawman Saloon Keeper Gold/Copper Miner ... In the fall of 1897, Earp and Josie chased another gold rush to Alaska ...59 KB (9,719 words) - 14:12, 20 May 2023
- The California gold rush brought the first settlers into the state. Pioneers used Lassen Peak as a landmark on their trek to the fertile Sacramento ...22 KB (3,291 words) - 17:48, 25 October 2022
- their fortunes as mercantile magnates for the Gold Rush. For a long period, Tacoma was noted for its large smelters where gold ...48 KB (6,885 words) - 22:59, 3 May 2023
- miners were drawn away to the California Gold Rush. This period of mining before and during the early years of statehood led to the state's ...35 KB (5,043 words) - 23:16, 17 May 2023
- By 1860, even though the California Gold Rush populated the flanks of the Sierra Nevada, most of the Sierra remained unexplored. Therefore, the ...23 KB (3,404 words) - 20:09, 21 April 2023
- as a mining town during the Pikes Peak Gold Rush in what was then the western ... in the area. In the early days of the city, gold and silver booms and busts ...37 KB (5,458 words) - 09:46, 29 January 2024
- army posts. During the 1875–1878 gold rush, thousands of miners went ... their value, and the area was opened to the gold miners. ...36 KB (5,349 words) - 14:00, 20 May 2023
- and hides … and then followed a wild rush of hunters … eager to destroy ... In 1875, the last serious Sioux war erupted, when the Dakota gold ...34 KB (5,411 words) - 20:44, 9 April 2023
- in Nagano, Japan. The United States won gold, Canada won silver and Finland ... in 1920). Canada won six of the first seven gold medals. The United States ...69 KB (11,304 words) - 17:15, 10 February 2024
- in the region, thus inaugurating the California Gold Rush. Sherman earned a promotion to captain for his "meritorious service," but his lack ...29 KB (4,410 words) - 20:33, 13 May 2023
- and the onset of the California Gold Rush the following year, the U.S. Army began studying the suitability of Alcatraz Island for the positioning ...23 KB (3,451 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- or so before the outbreak of war, was 1.7 tons of gold. ... Among Wittgenstein's students at Cambridge were Rush Rhees, G ...59 KB (9,088 words) - 02:40, 5 November 2022
- were needed for the dangerous tasks of gold mining and railway construction ... with early stories of the California Gold Rush, Chinese gold-seekers began ...45 KB (6,097 words) - 10:53, 11 March 2023
