Traces of the great American Gold Rush remain in this charming town nestled in the California Sierra Foothills surrounded by ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

California’s early statehood was defined by the gold rush that started in the late 1840s, giving us the name “49ers.” Miners ...

Many communities through Gold Rush California offered bounties for Indian ... And they had sentries posted all along the main routes. And whenever they saw dust coming up the path or a trail ...

"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian. Most people did not survive it," Lim said. Greed for gold in California was pushed through violent ...

History is at your feet at the Lil Bit of Heaven Ranch in Northern California ... found remnants from the Gold Rush when the property was part of the old stagecoach route. Listed for $995,000 ...

As the primary port of entry for seaborne “Argonauts” (people who moved to California during the gold rush of 1849) and global supplies, San Francisco became California's banking, manufacturing, and ...