California Gold Rush

•  John Sutter

  John Augustus Sutter (February 15, 1803 – June 18, 1880) was a Swiss pioneer of California known for his association with the California Gold Rush by the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall and the mill making team at Sutter's Mill, and for establishing Sutter's Fort in the area that would eventually become Sacramento, the state's capital.

  

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•  Declaration of Sentiments

  The Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 by 68 women and 32 men, 100 out of some 300 attendees at the first women's rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York, now known to Americans as the Seneca Falls Convention. The principal author of the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments was Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who based it on the form of the United States Declaration of Independence.

  

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•  Sutter's Mill

  Sutter's Mill was a sawmill owned by 19th century pioneer John Sutter. It was located in Coloma, California, at the bank of the American River. Sutter's Mill is most famous for its association with the California Gold Rush. It was here that an employee/partner of Sutter's, James Marshall, on January 24, 1848, found several flakes of gold that would begin the transformation of California from a sleepy outpost to a bustling center of activity.

  

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•  Seneca Falls Convention

  The Seneca Falls Convention was an early and influential women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York over two days, July 19–20, 1848.

  

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•  30th United States Congress

  The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849, during the last two years of the administration of President James K. Polk. The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840.

  

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•  Mexican Cession

  The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the present day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in 1848, excluding the areas east of the Rio Grande, which had been claimed by the Republic of Texas, though the Texas Annexation resolution two years earlier had not specified Texas's southern and western boundary. The U.S.

  

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•  Miracle of the gulls

  The miracle of the gulls is often credited by Latter-day Saints for saving the Mormon pioneers' first harvest in Utah. According to Mormon folklore, seagulls miraculously saved the 1848 crops by eating thousands of insects that were devouring their fields.

  

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•  United States House of Representatives elections, 1848

  The U.S. House election, 1848 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1848. The Democrats took back control of the House in 1848, despite losing their majority two years earlier. The Mexican-American War, which ended with an American victory several months before the election, was a big factor in the election.

  

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•  Great Gale of 1848

  The Great Gale of 1848, also known as the Tampa Bay hurricane of 1848 and originally as the Great Gale of '48, was a tropical cyclone that struck Florida in September 1848. It affected the Tampa Bay Area September 23–25, 1848. It crossed the Florida Peninsula to cause damage on the east coast on or about September 26. It reshaped parts of the coast and destroyed much of what few human works and habitation were then in the Tampa Bay Area.

  

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•  1848 Democratic National Committee

  1848 Democratic National Committee was the Democratic Party's first continuing national organization with one member from each state appointed for four years at the 1848 nominating convention in Baltimore. B. F. Hallett was the Chairman and W. F. Ritchie was Secretary

  

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•  Donhierro

  Donhierro is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census, the municipality has a population of 96 inhabitants.

  

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•  Schuylerville (NY)

  

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•  KWBJ-CD

  KWBJ-CD, digital channel 22 (former analog 39) in Morgan City, Louisiana, is a Digital Class-A television station affiliated with the America One network. KWBJ signed on in 1987 as K39BJ, a local independent station serving Morgan City, Houma, and the south Baton Rouge market. In 1995, K39BJ became a charter WB affiliate, changed calls to KWBJ-LP, and eventually added the America One affiliation in 1999.

  

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