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Polk sparked the Gold Rush; Prohibition came to an end: Today in history, Dec. 5
Polk sparked the Gold Rush; Prohibition came to an end: Today in history, Dec. 5
Polk sparked the Gold Rush; Prohibition came to an end: Today in history, Dec. 5

Published on: 12/05/2025

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Miners working with a long tom, United States of America, drawing by Chassevent after a Californian engraving, from Travels in California by Louis Laurent Simonin (1830-1886), 1859, from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume VIII, Issue 19, November 7, 1867.

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