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	Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories - http://www.museumca.org/goldrush/ This site preserves and supplements four major exhibitions celebrating the gold rush sesquicentennial, at the Oakland Museum of California.
	A Brief History of the Gold Rush - http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/geology/goldrush.html The California Gold Rush, from the State of California's CERES.
	Discovery of Gold - http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist2/gold.html John A. Sutter tells about the events leading to the discovery and its effects on his plans for building an empire by supporting the needs of a growing state.
	Women in the Gold Rush - http://claim.goldrush.com/~joann/ Read interesting quotes and comments from and about the women of gold rush in California.
	Land of Golden Dreams - http://www.huntington.org/Education/GoldRush/index.html Online version of the Huntington Library's exhibition of the original manuscripts, drawings, letters, paintings, books, and diaries from the California gold rush decade, 1848-1858.

	The Maritime Heritage Project - http://www.maritimeheritage.org/ Passenger lists of 20,000 immigrants arriving during California's gold rush.
	In Their Own Words and Images - http://www.glittering.com/letters/ A small collection of letters and photographs from the California Gold Rush.
	The Virtual California Gold Country - http://www.malakoff.com/vcgc.htm Travel along "Historic Highway 49" and visit the old mining camps and learn about their history.
	By the Great Horn Spoon! - http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/spoon/spoontg.html Explore the gold rush through this Newberry Award winning book. Developed by teachers, this site meets California's fourth grade curriculum and is designed for use in the classroom.
	The Gold Rush Diary of George Bonniwell - http://www.emigrantroad.com/gold01.html Use your mind's eye to visualize the tough journey made by George Bonniwell from his home in Milwaukee to the gold fields of California as you read his diary.

	The Great American Gold Rush - http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/~jross/goldrush.html Timeline of the California Gold Rush.
	2 Get California Gold Country - http://2getgold.com/gold_rush/index.htm Gold rush history, gold country travel information, and modern gold panning techniques.

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