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The name "49ers" comes from "Forty-niners" - the name given to the gold prospectors who arrived in Northern California around 1849 during the California Gold Rush. The name was suggested to reflect the voyagers who had rushed the West for gold. It is the only name the team has ever been affiliated with and San Francisco is the only city in which it has resided

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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.

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In 1849 there was a gold strike in Calif. and masses of Easterners flock to Calif. to prospect for Gold hence the 49ers.

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