The Gold-Hungry Forty-Niners Also Plundered Something Else: Eggs – NPR

The Gold-Hungry Forty-Niners Also Plundered Something Else: Eggs
NPR
You’ve heard of the San Francisco Gold Rush. But that rush spurred another, lesser-known event: the Egg Rush. The legions of miners who swept into the region in the 1850s hoping to strike gold all had to be fed. And they needed protein to stay strong.

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