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    Ora Rush Weed (October 6, 1868 – May 4, 1942) was a Methodist minister who founded Weedville, a small farming community in Arizona. Weedville's utilities...
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    Weedville, Arizona (redirect from Ora Weed)
    the limits of that city. Reverend Ora Rush Weed (1868–1942) was a Methodist minister from Kansas. It is unknown why Weed decided to leave his hometown with...
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    A gold rush or gold fever is a discovery of gold—sometimes accompanied by other precious metals and rare-earth minerals—that brings an onrush of miners...
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    The California gold rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Miller moved the Bella Union to Deadwood, South Dakota (site of the gold rush in the Dakota Territory), and Holliday went with him.: 101–103  In 1877,...
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    left to become a hotel clerk in Auburn, California, once the center of gold rush activity. After working six years in Auburn, Jean Baptiste left in search...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    gold deposits had been discovered there, leading to the Black Hills Gold Rush. At its height, the city had a population of 25,000, attracting Old West...
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    pistols drawn on Coe. Just as he pulled the trigger, one of the policemen rushed around the corner between Coe and the pistols and both balls entered his...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Alaska in 1959. The start of the Klondike Gold Rush brought 200,000 prospectors to Alaska. The gold rush greatly increased the U.S. government's commitment...
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    Custer, South Dakota. Custer's announcement triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush. Among the towns that immediately sprung up was Deadwood, South Dakota, notorious...
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    Jesse James (category People of the California Gold Rush)
    acres (0.40 km2) of farmland. Robert traveled to California during the Gold Rush to minister to those searching for gold; he died there when James was three...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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  • Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    The Pike's Peak gold rush (later known as the Colorado gold rush) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas...
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    bullet lodged in the wall near the ceiling over Wyatt's head. Several men rushed into the alley but found the shooter had fled. After Morgan was shot, his...
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    using gold dust that had been accumulated from travelers during the Gold Rush. The mint was closed in 1861 by Alfred Cumming, gubernatorial successor to...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Calamity Jane (category People of the Klondike Gold Rush)
    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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    Custer's announcement of gold in the Black Hills triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush. Tensions increased between the Lakota and European Americans seeking to...
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    Rivera Levi Ruggles Jedediah Smith Jack Swilling Trinidad Swilling Ora Rush Weed Richens Lacey Wootton Henry Wickenburg "Old Bill" Williams Brigham Young...
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