2007-02-20 16:18:54 · 6 answers · asked by SAM 1 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
1849 Gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevadas on the California side...
Huge mining operations were already equipped to extract gold at an alarming rate...
The Gold frenzy that set in from Novice miners to big industry started a gold rush to California...
The scars to the environment still remain from the strip mining and blasting...as do some of the villages that sprung up overnite...
I hope this helps...beats copy/pasting the wikepedia answer
2007-02-21 00:33:56 · answer #1 · answered by Warrior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 49ers were all the miners who came to California during the California Gold Rush in 1849. This included most Americans from the Midwest and East, and many Europeans; travel took several months at least, which is why most people did not get to California until 49'.
Gold was discovered in 1848, but primarily, the only people who came in 48' were people within close proximity of California (i.e. San Francisco) and Spanish-speaking peoples (Sonorans and Chileans) from Central and South America.
2007-02-21 00:52:05 · answer #2 · answered by jrodbendi 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The 49ers are from San Francisco. They are a team in the National Football League.
2007-02-21 01:11:57 · answer #3 · answered by StylerEX 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is the link dude, check it out. It gives u a clear explanation on who the 49ers were.
2007-02-21 00:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by esnagui 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
agroup of people that went to california in hopes of finding gold.that,s how we got the san francisco 49er,s
2007-02-21 02:13:30 · answer #5 · answered by Dewayne B 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/california check it out here
2007-02-24 16:06:51 · answer #6 · answered by jerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋