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The Gold Rush in California

In the early 1850s thousands of gold miners and fortune seekers continued to pour into California. The young states fast growing cities found themselves ill equipped to handle their booming populations fires regularly swept through hastily constructed buildings. Crime was rampant rowdy miners and businesses that profited from them saloons brothels and gambling parlors clashed with new more civic-minded residents who wanted to clean up their towns. Soon small-time miners would be squeezed out by wealthy investors who could afford to finance the large industrial-scale mining operations required. Gold would still be mined in California for decades to come but the free-for-all that had been the gold rush was coming to an end only just a few

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