An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...

The state’s non-Indigenous population rose from an estimated 14,000 to nearly 100,000 by the end of 1849 and more than ...

starting the California Gold Rush of 1849. Today, Coloma preserves their history at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, where visitors can visit the on-site museum, learn how to pan ...

Within this environment, San Francisco emerged as the greatest boom town, its population surging from 600 in 1848 to 25,000 in 1849. As the primary port of entry for seaborne “Argonauts” (people who ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...