In 1849, California turned from quiet frontier to chaos overnight. Gold fever spread fast—and everyone wanted a piece. Donald Trump suffers double legal blow in California The S&P 500 is nearly ...

Niantic was still raking in hundreds of millions a year from the beloved mobile game when CEO John Hanke decided to sell its ...

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 ...

In 1849, thousands rushed to California in search of gold Discover how the Gold Rush changed the Wild West forever Judge appears inclined to permanently block Trump order targeting law firm Boss ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...

The state’s non-Indigenous population rose from an estimated 14,000 to nearly 100,000 by the end of 1849 and more than ... rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction.

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush ... California in droves. The state’s non-Indigenous population rose from an estimated 14,000 to nearly 100,000 by the end of 1849 ...

Harmony Blake works the bar on Mondays at the Washington Hotel, where she’s known around the Sierra town for her mean chicken piccata. To locals and visitors alike, she’s the jovial bartender ...

In 1849, the David and Sophia Binkleman family from Germany heard about California’s Gold Rush. They made a bold and life-changing decision to sell their property and immigrate to the goldfields of ...

Prior to 1849, the highest denomination for a gold coin was $10, known as the eagle. The $20 double eagle was authorized after the California Gold Rush brought an abundance of gold supply ...