A Gold Rush of Images: Art in a Miner Key From: The Washington Post | Date: January 3, 1999| Author: | Copyright 1999 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

It was January 1848 when the glint of yellow metal was first spied in a ditch near John Sutter's California sawmill. Money in the street! It was mankind's oldest dream. And the gold rush was on.

Just days later, California (along with all of Texas and New Mexico) became part of the United States, ceded by a vanquished Mexico at the end of a bloody war. Any American with a pick and shovel could now stake a claim in California, own land, mine gold and keep what he found. Maybe.

The lure proved irresistible. And within months, the cry of "Eureka!" and "Gold! Gold! Gold on the American River!" was ...

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