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The Gold Rush on PBS's American Experience
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Just an FYI:
PBS (Public Broadcasting) has a series called American Experience about people & things that shaped our country and culture.
They are currently running an episode called Gold Rush, about the events leading up to the CA gold rush and what it meant to the country.
You've probably seen lots of histories of this gold rush, but the show has some first-hand accounts of the early rush that I'd never heard before, when the gold really was just lying there on the ground and people picked up 10 lbs in a day with just a sack and a spade.
Nothing really specific about coinage, but certainly an important development in American numismatics anyway.
They're showing it again on some stations Monday night. You can check local listings in this link:
Gold Rush on American Experience
PBS (Public Broadcasting) has a series called American Experience about people & things that shaped our country and culture.
They are currently running an episode called Gold Rush, about the events leading up to the CA gold rush and what it meant to the country.
You've probably seen lots of histories of this gold rush, but the show has some first-hand accounts of the early rush that I'd never heard before, when the gold really was just lying there on the ground and people picked up 10 lbs in a day with just a sack and a spade.
Nothing really specific about coinage, but certainly an important development in American numismatics anyway.
They're showing it again on some stations Monday night. You can check local listings in this link:
Gold Rush on American Experience
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