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California Gold Rush Word Puzzle

Eureka! When gold was discovered in California by James Marshall in 1848, everyone wanted a piece of the action.  People came from all over the world, from the East Coast of the United States and all the way to China, to seek their fortunes.  But sometimes it was not in the gold that money was made, but in the jobs people did for the miners, such as blacksmithing or selling tools.  The Gold Rush brought thousands of people into California and helped to establish the region as a state.

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