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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1314081, member: 15929&quot;]&quot;The South Fork of the American River changed world history in 1848 when California&#039;s first gold was discovered in its stream bed at Sutter&#039;s Mill. This discovery triggered the California Gold Rush of 1849, sometimes referred to as the largest human migration for a single purpose since the Crusades.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Unfortunately, once the easily found gold was removed, the miners made a mess of things with their hydraulic pumps, causing folks downstream to complain. Eventually, the mining operations were shut down, and today you can still find huge trenches created by the miners 150 years ago.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold Country!</p><p><br /></p><p>But it still doesn;t have the Historical significance of the Thames.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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