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The California Gold Rush From American History Tellers
Ex-miner Alonzo Delano earned $400 in three weeks painting portraits of other miners. Sam Brannon kicked off the rush by strutting into San Francisco with a jar of gold dust. Native Americans faced more hostility during the gold rush than any other group. The ancestral homelands of California's indigenous population were overrun.