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b"The California Gold Rush was ignited by James Marshall\\u2019s discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24th, 1848. The news led to a lawless and chaotic surge of wannabe prospectors heading to the State, enduring perilous journeys to do so.\\nOver 300,000 people arrived in just seven years, transforming a region previously inhabited by just 8,000 white settlers. But not everybody struck it rich, and, despite owning the land the gold was found on, the discovery dashed John Sutter\\u2019s dreams of establishing a water mill bearing his name.\\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explore how \\u2018the 49ers\\u2019 laid the template for California rushes yet to come, in the form of Hollywood and Silicon Valley; reveal how Levi Strauss used the gold rush to grow his burgeoning fashion business; and ask how, exactly, normal people knew how to verify the gold they\\u2019d found in a river, in the days before YouTube\\u2026\\xa0\\xa0\\nFurther Reading:\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Gold Rush: California, Date & Sutter\\u2019s Mill\\u2019 (HISTORY, 2010): https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/gold-rush-of-1849\\n\\u2022 \\u2018The Rush - America's Fevered Quest for Fortune, 1848-1853, By Edward Dolnick\\u2019 (Little, Brown, 2014):\\xa0\\nhttps://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Rush/xCEaBAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=America%E2%80%99s+Fevered+Quest+for+Fortune,+1848-1853&printsec=frontcover\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Gold Fever: How The Rush Began\\u2019 (Discovery, 2014): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKHIYs1KA9o\\nLove the show? Join\\xa0\\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\\nJoin now via Apple Podcasts or Patreon. Thanks!\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\\n\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"