28th February 1849: First ‘49ers arrive in San Francisco to begin the California Gold Rush

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On February 28, 1849, SS California steamed into San Francisco carrying around 400 passengers seeking their fortune. The city's population, which had been around a thousand in 1848, skyrocketed to tens of thousands within a ...