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Even the original gold rush pickaxe guy Sam Brannan went broke, and he practically had a monopoly on pickaxes by buying up the entire supply: https://en.wikiped
by kirubakaran 6mo ago
Even the original gold rush pickaxe guy Sam Brannan went broke, and he practically had a monopoly on pickaxes by buying up the entire supply: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Brannan
- khuey 6mo agoTIL who Brannan Street in SF is named after.
- nadermx 6mo agoWent broke "Following the divorce, he became a brewer and developed a problem with alcohol."
- kirubakaran 6mo agoWell, if a divorce and drinking could make him go broke, he wasn't that wealthy, was he?