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In This Day in Economic History
August
19
1848
On this day in 1848, the New York Herald issued the announcement of the California Gold Rush. The original discovery was actually made in January but it wasn't until this day that the mass population heard about the discovery. The gold rush spurred many people to travel west to California in hopes of gaining a fortune.