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 some ...

But, this Gold Rush genocide is rarely cited in history books. "We've had a kind of institutionalized amnesia about the genocide of California Indians here in the state," Madley said. Hundreds of ...

seemingly a throwback to the California Gold Rush. The city of Sacramento was a haven for gold miners in the late 1840s and was turned into a thriving community and incorporated into California in ...

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 ...

The meticulously research book presents an unvarnished look at the good times and bad days in the Golden State which celebrates 175 years of statehood this year.

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.

After historic storms brought record amounts of precipitation to California, locals say the water has unveiled gold in historic gold rush towns. SpaceX launched a crew of four private astronauts ...

Rohrbough, a historian and author of Days of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the American Nation. “There was no license you had to buy. There was no central authority. This was one of the ...

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 ...

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