Home›More›Articles›How the gold rush carried California to statehood and sent its capital wanderingArticleHow the gold rush carried California to statehood and sent its capital wanderingArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnCalifornia, States or Territories Well-attested SourcesCalifornia (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationHistory, Early American periodQuote, History, Early American periodBy the time of California's application for statehood in 1850, the settler population of California had multiplied to 100,000.View the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.