Captain John C. Fremont was assigned to explore the region including the Great Basin and what later became the state of California during the 1940's. His presence facilitated the split from Mexico of much of the southwestern region.
California
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Mine Gold
In river beds.
California (the west)
The Mexican States of Alta California and Nuevo Mexico.
cheap land and to strick it rich from mining gold.
the discovery of mineral deposits
whites
It took 4 months and it was harsh.
Yes. The Donner Party is a famous group of traveling anthropophagites, bound for California, who were caught u in the "westering fever" of the 1840s.