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2007-02-11 05:07:07 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
because most of them went to california to dig for gold in 1849.
2007-02-11 05:09:21 · answer #1 · answered by dbybell 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The gold rush in California in 1849...the miners were called Forty-Niners (for the year).
2007-02-11 13:11:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Gold Rush of '49 took a lot of people searching for fortune to California. That's how the San Francisco 49'er got their name too.
"The team's nickname came from the California Gold Rush gold-seekers who came to the San Francisco area during 1849. It is the only name the team has been affiliated with and San Francisco is the only city in which it has resided."
2007-02-11 13:14:57 · answer #3 · answered by Sweet n Sour 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gold rush 1849
2007-02-11 13:11:46 · answer #4 · answered by ThinkaboutThis 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The year of the California gold rush was 1849!
2007-02-11 13:09:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The California gold rush was in 1849. The people who took off for the west were call '49'ers.
2007-02-11 13:09:19 · answer #6 · answered by Omni D 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because they came to the gold country in 1849 in VERY large numbers.
2007-02-11 13:09:51 · answer #7 · answered by tigglys 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They went to CA to look for gold in 1849.
2007-02-11 13:09:39 · answer #8 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So who are the sixty-niners named after ?
2007-02-11 13:10:11 · answer #9 · answered by North London Lady! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rhymes?
2007-02-11 13:09:36 · answer #10 · answered by Robin RJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋