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1. Who the Forty-Niners were?2. Why were they called the Forty-Niners?
-- Ivor (ic3s3@aol.com), June 05, 1998
The 49'ers were those who came to California during 1849, mostly because of the gold rush.
-- Ron Filion (rfilion@geocities.com), June 05, 1998.