How did the San Francisco 49rs get there name?

Answer 1

In 1849 miners in the area near San Francisco found gold. These miners and the rush of new miners to the area in search of fortune became known as 49ers.

Answer 2

• The "49ers" was the nickname given to the gold miners in California. They received that nickname because of the year that gold was discovered at Sutter's mill which began the gold rush.
• The team was named after the age of the actual 49'ers, citizens of the USA who flocked out West in the years surrounding 1849 to prospect for gold. The transient homesteaders were often referred to as 49'ers and helped build the West. As they came and stayed, railroads were built, cities went up and the West became the new frontier.

Answer 3

From the California gold rush. People from all around the world came to California in search of gold in 1849, And the ones that came in 1849 where called forty-niners. The gold rush was a huge impact on San Francisco.

Answer 4

They were called the 49ers because in 1849 thousands of people went to California to find gold. This was called the Gold Rush. And because the Gold Rush was in 1849 they were called the 49ers.

Answer 5

Due to people who came to California in 1849 in the gold rush.

Answer 6

The 49ers got their colors because of the gold mine in 1949 that is why the 49ers have gold as a color.

Answer 7

'49er' is a reference to the year 1849 and was the nickname of folks who went to California in search of gold in the 19th century in what was known as the 'California Gold Rush'.