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The man who returned to San Francisco to announce that gold was found in the American River was _______.

Santa Anna
James Marshall
John Sutter
Sam Brannan

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Sam Brannan.

He famously ran through San Francisco waving a vial of gold and shouting that gold had been found in the American River, publicizing the 1848 discovery (made by James Marshall at Sutter's Mill).