The gold rush of 1848 brought still more devastation. Violence, disease and loss overwhelmed the tribes. By 1870, an estimated 30,000 native people remained in the state of California, most on ...

Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from ...

View the video clips below to see the effects the Gold Rush had on the state of California and the country. Marcia Eymann visited the Center for Sacramento History and talked about the California ...

“The Impact of the Gold Rush on Native Americans of California.” Designed for grades 8-12, the lesson plan is part of the ...

More than 17,000 acres around the Klamath River in northern California,have returned to the Yurok Tribe, completing the ...

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit of the ...

That is the story of the California Gold Rush. But for almost 200 years, this series of events has been taught in American schools predominantly as a victory of humans over land, of successful ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...