An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... wrote a report that contained astounding facts: two miners on Weber Creek gathered $17,000 in gold in seven days ...

That is the story of the California Gold Rush. But for almost 200 years, this series of events has been taught in American ...

"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 ...

California’s early statehood was defined by the gold rush that started in the late 1840s, giving us the name “49ers.” Miners hoping to strike it rich flocked to Northern California from ...

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.

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 ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... wrote a report that contained astounding facts: two miners on Weber Creek gathered $17,000 in gold in seven days ...