They sailed around the tip of south america or they went through a thin strip of Panama and took a ship to San Francisco or they walked through the united states
The '49ers were named so due to the Gold Rush having began in 1849.
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The forty niners were called the forty niners because the gold rush was in 1849.
The Spanish conquistidors were the first people to reach California. They reached the state in the 16th century.
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The "Bidwell Party" (Bartleson-Bidwell party) in 1841 was one of the first groups of US citizens to reach California by wagon on the overland route.
Reach - 2011 I was released on: USA: 8 May 2011 (Los Angeles, California)
some went by boat or ship
Neither. It is closer to France. It takes a 9 hour flight to reach Germany from California.