The trails are dotted with Douglas firs ... Visitors can pan for gold, take a walking tour and learn about the California Gold Rush of 1849. The Lower American River runs through Sacramento ...

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 ...

A teenager was rescued by Cal Fire crews after he got stuck in a mine shaft in the Auburn State Recreation Area on Monday, ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, fueling Stockton's rapid growth, many are still digging for riches all over California.

The Humboldt Bay region became well-known as a supply center for the packers. Hundreds of loaded pack-mules arrived from and ...

"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 ...

Many communities through Gold Rush California offered bounties for Indian ... And whenever they saw dust coming up the path or a trail, they knew that it wasn't other Indian people; it had to ...

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.

By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, California (KCRA) -- A teenager was rescued by Cal Fire crews after ...