Question

Who lived in the boomtowns that formed during the California gold rush?

Answer 1

The 49rs

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The people who moved to California during the Gold Rush were called the 49ers

Answer 2

The forty niners are a group of forty nine people.

Due to the gold rush california had only about 14,000 non Native Americans. This quickly changed. In 1848 around 6,000 people arrived and in 1849 approximately 90,000 people arrived to search for gold. The Fortyniners were the name given to this group of people.

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