1874 - General Armstrong Custer took an expedition into the Black Hills and it was these men found the first signs of gold.
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Mt.Rushmore is located in Black Hills,South DakotaMt.Rushmore is located in Black Hills,South Dakota
the white men came and strung it up
In 1849 gold was discovered in the traces of the John Sutter sawmill in Columa California. This resulted in the gold rush and in 1850 California became a state. Gold was also found in the BlackHills of Dakota in the 1800's and there was a gold rush onto Native Americans lands. The Yukon had a massive gold rush in the late 1800's, but the conditions there were brutal because of the cold and weather.
They went west because of the California Gold Rush.
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