During the gold rush era in western history there were many ways to get rich without digging up dirt. One of the most unique money makers was by an enterprising ship’s captain in new boom town of San Francisco. An army of rats and mice had taken over the town and he came upon a profitable solution to turn a tidy profit. He sailed down to Los Angles and went on a cat roundup. The picking were easy as the town was full of stray cats. With his ship literally crawling with felines he sailed bac


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