The 49ers
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The 49ers were people that came from the east of the United States to the west to find gold that James W. Marshall found. Why people migrated to the west to find gold was because their families were going through hard times and they wanted to go and find gold so they could buy a house and be wealthy. That was the only priority they intended to do. But other people wanted to find gold because they wanted to be rich.