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Missed It By That Much S © Stefano Bianchetti/Corbis The California Gold Rush and a Pivot of History By Gregory DL Morris Engraving of Sutter’s Mill, site of the discovery of gold in California, circa 1850s. www.MoAF.org  |  Fall 2015  |  FINANCIAL HISTORY  13