{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Traveling Boy","provider_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure","author_name":"Ed Boitano","author_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/author\/ed\/","title":"The Golden Nugget that Sparked California\u2019s Horrific Past - Traveling Boy","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"z1AcNmoOhN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/the-golden-nugget-that-sparked-californias-horrific-past\/\">The Golden Nugget that Sparked California\u2019s Horrific Past<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/the-golden-nugget-that-sparked-californias-horrific-past\/embed\/#?secret=z1AcNmoOhN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Golden Nugget that Sparked California\u2019s Horrific Past&#8221; &#8212; Traveling Boy\" data-secret=\"z1AcNmoOhN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CalGoldRush.jpg","thumbnail_width":402,"thumbnail_height":269,"description":"In the 1840s, Las Californias \u2014 the collective name for Alta California and the Baja California Peninsula \u2014 was the ancestral homeland of the indigenous\u00a0Nisenan Maidu\u00a0people. Their population had already been reduced to less than 100,000 people, due to the spread of European diseases \u2014 primarily a malaria epidemic \u2014 brought by Spanish and U.S. expeditions. Californios (people of Spanish or Mexican descent) made up approximately 14,000 of the other permanent residents, which included 2,500 \u201cforeigners\u201d (whites of non-Hispanic descent)."}