The California Gold Rush

California owes its statehood in part to the thousands of men who feverishly migrated to northern California to make “easy money” by finding nuggets of gold. Most of them, however, found barely enough gold to pay for daily expenses and had to seek work on projects like the Panama Railway. The California Gold Rush is generally considered to have ended in 1858. What American football team takes its name from the prospectors of this period? Discuss

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