49er
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49er: A prospector or other settler that came in the California Gold Rush
who arrived before or during 1849, the early part of the rush, before the state was established.(see: Society of California Pioneers
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49er also may refer to:
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands , and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to...
who arrived before or during 1849, the early part of the rush, before the state was established.(see: Society of California Pioneers
Society of California Pioneers
The Society of California Pioneers and its members are listed in the Annals of San Francisco of 1855. The key stipulation seems to be that they arrived in California prior to December 31, 1849. Since this was a membership organization, it lists only a portion of the pioneers that came to...
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49er also may refer to:
Sports
- San Francisco 49ersSan Francisco 49ersThe San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
, American football team, named for the above prospectors - Charlotte 49ersCharlotte 49ersThe Charlotte 49ers represent the NCAA Division I sports teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Charlotte joined the Atlantic 10 in 2005. The 49ers field 16 teams, 8 men and 8 women....
, athletic teams of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte - Long Beach State 49ersLong Beach State 49ers'An NCAA Division I member, Long Beach State has 18 sports teams and plays competitively in baseball, cross country, softball, track and field, women's tennis, and women's soccer, as well as both men's and women's basketball, volleyball, water polo and golf teams...
, athletic teams of California State University, Long Beach - Yuba 49ers, athletic teams of Yuba CollegeYuba CollegeYuba College is the main campus for the Yuba Community College District in Marysville, California, USA. It also has extension campuses in Woodland, California and Clearlake, California as well as offering some classes in Colusa, California and Beale AFB....
- 49er (dinghy)49er (dinghy)The 49er is a double handed twin trapeze skiff type sailing dinghy. The two crew work on different roles with the helm making many tactical decisions, as well as steering, and the crew doing most of the sail control. The design, by Julian Bethwaite, the son of Frank Bethwaite , is revolutionary...
, a class of racing dinghy - Forty Niner (horse)Forty Niner (horse)Forty Niner is an American champion thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. By Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, File, Forty Niner was the U.S...
, American Thoroughbred racehorse - The English football team Arsenal F.C.Arsenal F.C.Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
, which went 49 games unbeaten in 2003 and 2004
Music
- 49ers (band)49ers (band)49ers are an Italian house and Eurodance act, featuring producer and DJ Gianfranco Bortolotti and vocalist Ann-Marie Smith. They were named after the San Francisco 49ers American football team, as Smith was the 49th vocalist to audition....
, an Italian Italo house and Eurodance project - The 49ersThe 49ersThe 49ers The 49ers is a hip-hop duo from Newark, Delaware and consists of members Jas Mace and Marchitect. They were also the focal members of another hip-hop group called The Outfit...
, an American hip-hop duo
Other
- Top 10: The Forty-NinersTop 10: The Forty-NinersTop 10: The Forty-Niners, a graphic novel published by America's Best Comics in 2005, is a prequel to the ABC series Top 10, a police procedural set in the city of Neopolis, where superpowers, robots, monsters, and other comic fodder are the norm for all citizens...
, a novel by Alan Moore and Gene Ha - The Forty-Niners, a group of shōjo manga artists also known as the Year 24 GroupYear 24 grouprefers to one of two female manga artist groups which are considered to have revolutionized shōjo manga . Their works often examine "radical and philosophical issues", including sexuality and gender issues, and many of their works are now considered "classics" of shōjo manga...
- The 49ers, a group of Cathay Pacific Airways pilots fired on 9 July 2001