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Originally Posted by TheDoc
Cali Gold rush: 1848?1855 - Overall Gold rush lasted almost 100 years, from early 1800's to early 1900's.
Mad fraud took place, fake gold/money was a huge issue, bank bonds failed and people lost everything they had/owned including property, no standard of trade, one bank/person wouldn't take another persons/banks note, lots of issues took place during these times. Besides getting shot in the street for looking at a man wrong.
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Well, it wasn't called the Wild West for nothing
Hell, California was not even a state until a couple years into the Gold Rush. There were gold rushes all over the world during this time and before and after this time. Anyways, what's your point?