Gold Rush: The Discovery of America - Historical Adventure Game for PC | Explore Frontier Life & Mining Simulation | Perfect for History Buffs & Strategy Gamers
Gold Rush: The Discovery of America - Historical Adventure Game for PC | Explore Frontier Life & Mining Simulation | Perfect for History Buffs & Strategy Gamers

Gold Rush: The Discovery of America - Historical Adventure Game for PC | Explore Frontier Life & Mining Simulation | Perfect for History Buffs & Strategy Gamers

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The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in early 1848 sparked the Gold Rush, arguably one of the most significant events to shape American history during the first half of the 19th century. As news spread of the discovery, thousands of prospective gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area; by the end of 1849, the non-native population of the California territory was some 100,000 (compared with the pre-1848 figure of less than 1,000). A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush, which peaked in 1852. This captivating, new documentary series explores the stories of struggle and triumph of the thousands who risked everything for the pursuit of wealth and the illusive American Dream.

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The regular mispronunciations of less commonly used words were my first hint that this doesn't have the attention to detail, narrative skill, depth, or original research of a more professionally made documentary like those from the BBC or Ken Burns. It's more like an audiobook of an american high school history textbook's section on the Gold Rush, combined with appropriate background imagery from stock images that are freely available online.It's informative and free on Prime Video, but it contains about the same information as the "California Gold Rush" wikipedia page, which can be read in a small fraction of the 5 hours the documentary runs. In fact, many of the images used for slow pans throughout the video are the exact same ones on the wikipedia page.
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