Gold was discovered in Alaska starting in the 1890s. The president at this time was Benjamin Harrison. Other presidents during the 1890s-1910 were Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt and William Taft.
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25% of gold was taken... meaning 75% of the gold is still there!!!!!
Both California and Alaska had gold rushes.
Alaska
The first person to find gold was in 1948 by James Marshall who was constructing a sawmill for John Sutter, the owner of the ranch on which the mill was located.
Sacramento, California is the state capital in the west where they discovered gold in 1849.