The Super Bowl is coming up, and in these days of anticipation we often get so caught up worrying about little things like “What teams are playing?” and “Who’s going to win?” that we lose sight of the bigger question:
Why on earth are the San Francisco 49ers called the San Francisco 49ers?
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A nod to history and geography
It all makes perfect sense, actually.
The “49ers” is the nickname for those who flocked to northern California in 1849 hoping to take advantage of the gold rush.