Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in The West 1839–1860.
The massive wave of prospectors who rushed to the Rocky Mountains in 1859 following the Pikes Peak gold discovery.
Fifty-Niners appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for The Making of America (1789–1900), especially The West 1839–1860 and Gold Rush.
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