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California Gold Rush | The First Strike | 1

American History Tellers

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Sam Brandon's Gold Dust

Sam Brandon was a merchant land speculator and part-time con artist as soon as he learned the discovery at Sutter's Mill. Hundreds of people left San Francisco to start hunting for gold nearly emptying the city overnight. Shari Warren was a young mother looking for a fresh start in the process of a divorce. She'd moved out found a great new job and even found a new boyfriend life was looking up. But on a mild October evening after a long day at work Shari said goodbye to her co-workersleft the office and was never heard from again. All eyes quickly turned toward her estranged husband He had a checkered past having lured another woman into the mountains where he

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