Petaluma’s farm-to-table trend dates all the way back to the California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s. It’s still a culinary treasure with a historic downtown and easy access to the coast and wine ...

In the 1850s, it grew from a miners’ outpost into a Gold Rush boomtown of 10,000 (heavy on the bars and brothels) before anyone got around to naming that other Nevada as a territory or a state.

The star attraction, however, is definitely the hydraulic mine pit, the largest gold mine of its kind in California. The mind-boggling canyon, carved by powerful water jets, is over 3,000 feet ...

I n 1848, gold was discovered in California. Over the next decade, hundreds of thousands of prospectors surged into the state, eager for their own shot at striking riches, crouched over a stream ...

However, not everyone who made the arduous trek to California in the mid-19 th century was seeking gold. Many — including those in the ill-fated 1846 Donner Party — wanted farmland.

Those yearning to live out their "Yellowstone" dreams—without the despair and drama—could make them come true with the stunning Heart Rock Ranch nestled in California's Gold Rush Country. The ...

The Yurok Tribe had 90% of its territory taken during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, suffering massacres and disease from settlers. California. Lake Tahoe 21 hours ago ...

Environmental advocates and local tribes in Inyo County are rallying against a proposed gold mining project that threatens to upend an expanse of California’s high desert near Death Valley ...

The Yurok Tribe had 90% of its territory taken during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, suffering massacres and disease from settlers.

The Yurok Tribe had 90% of its territory taken during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, suffering massacres and disease from settlers.