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Begining of the Gold Rush 1848
The mill frame is raised at Sutter's Mill in Coloma.
Non-Indian population is 18,000 and the land still technically belongs to Mexico. -
mexico sells mexican Cession
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed by Mexico, selling the Mexican Cession, including all of California to the United States for $15 million. The treaty is proclaimed by the president on June 19, but the news of treaty proclamation does not reach California until Aug. 7. -
Discovories
James Marshall discovers gold in the tailrace of the sawmill in Coloma, which is being built for John Sutter. -
travlers
More than 90,000 people make their way to California in the two years following the discovery of gold, and more than 300,000 by 1854 -
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