Sutter's Mill in Caloma, California by James Marshall
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No, I think it's gold.
After gold was discovered in California, many people decided to become forty-niners, or people who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.
The Government broke a treaty protecting their land when gold was discovered. The tribe now lives on a reservation in Idaho.
they lost most of their land
Wealth from the discovery of goldThe California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill, in Coloma, California. Instant wealth was here for the taking. All across America, young men made the decision to go to California. By the mid 1840s, more and more Americans were trickling into California by land and sea.