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3.1 One of the many headlines that helped spark the California Gold Rush of 1849 |
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3.2 White and Chinese miners hoping to strike it rich during the California Gold Rush at Auburn Ravine in 1852 |
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3.3 William Swain, whose letters and journals of his adventures as a Forty-niner form one of the most vivid accounts of the California Gold Rush |
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3.4 Sabrina Swain, whose letters to her Forty-niner husband, William, provide a home-based perspective on the California Gold Rush |
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3.5 Letter dated July 4, 1849, from William Swain to his wife, Sabrina |
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3.6 Envelope addressed to William Swain in California by his wife, Sabrina |
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3.7 Legendary scout and mountain man, Kit Carson, in his later years |
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3.8 A view of San Francisco near the start of the Gold Rush |
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Map drawn by Father Pierre de Smet to clarify the division of lands
among the Plains tribes negotiated in the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851 |
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