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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Gold!

There's an interesting discussion of the fantasy aspect of the California Gold Rush in Kurt Andersen's Fantasyland

"…On this day in 1848, a man named James Marshall, standing in the South Fork of the American River in northern California, yelled out "Boys, by God, I believe I have found a gold mine!"It was the start of the California Gold Rush…" WA

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