California Gold Rush event
also: California Gold Rush of 1849
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Cornelius Vanderbilt Starrperson · 2Panamacountry · 2Californianplace · 1Abraham Lincolnperson · 1Know-Nothing Partyorganization · 1Nicaraguacountry · 1New York Cityplace · 1Vanderbilt familyfamily · 1
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▶ 31:18
These are Lincoln's biggest backers, and they're vicious. The political violence in the 1850s blows away anything you can imagine today. He had a group called the Know-Nothings. So the Know-Nothings, they called them that because it was kin…
▶ 13:29
So these kids aren't living like they grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth. Not these ones. So he's doing great in his steamship business. Marrying, kicking out kids all over the place. Although they live in a humble abode. He's buyin…
▶ 14:34
And he proposes a Nicaraguan canal and never got approval or funding for it, which is interesting because he's already like close to the richest man in America. And what time frame is this? This is California Gold Rush is 1849. So this is b…