The white, heavy-duty miner’s pants with a five-button fly were among 270 Gold Rush-era artifacts that sold ... who served in the Mexican-American War. “At the end of the day, nobody can ...

For the first time, hundreds of Gold Rush-era artifacts entombed in the wreckage ... an Oregon man who had served in the Mexican-American War. Auction promoters say that the mining pants with ...

For the first time, hundreds of Gold Rush-era artifacts entombed in the wreckage ... an Oregon man who had served in the Mexican-American War. Auction promoters say that the mining pants with ...

For the first time, hundreds of Gold Rush-era artifacts entombed in the wreckage ... an Oregon man who had served in the Mexican-American War. Auction promoters say that the mining pants with ...

For the first time, hundreds of Gold Rush-era artifacts entombed in the wreckage ... an Oregon man who had served in the Mexican-American War. Auction promoters say that the mining pants with ...

In a couple of hours, visitors get a sense of life in a Spanish mission, a Mexican barracks and a Gold Rush-era California hotel -- all without leaving downtown. These and the nearby Gothic ...

The Gold Rush-era city in the Sierra Nevada Foothills has ... In 1849, five men were accused of trying to rob a Mexican gambler. They were seized by city officials, tried and whipped as punishment ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... under the loose control of the Mexican government. California's ...

Campbell said the nugget was mined out of the Yolo River during the Gold Rush era. “We think it goes all the way back to the 49ers when they first struck gold. Very few nuggets survived from ...