229: All that Glitters? Legacies of the California Gold Rush

Gold was discovered in California 170 years ago this month. It set off a mad rush from across the United States -- and around the world. Ed, Joanne, and Nathan delve into what happened in California after gold was found and some of the lasting impacts of

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BackStory

BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Each week we take a topic that people are t...

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Gold was discovered in California 170 years ago this month. It set
off a mad rush from across the United States -- and around the
world. Ed, Joanne, and Nathan delve into what happened in
California after gold was found and some of the lasting impacts of
the Gold Rush.

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