One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit of the original forty-niners who tilled the land lives on in those ...

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

The discovery of gold in1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen countries to form a multi-ethnic society in California.

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

It’s a long time coming.” An estimated 300,000 settlers arrived during the Gold Rush, which peaked in 1852.

Gold was found near Coloma in 1848 by James W. Marshall, a white carpenter, setting off the California gold rush that saw hundreds of thousands of people from across the nation and outside of the ...

The Californian Gold Rush of 1849. Many of the 'Forty niners' crossed the United States from the east to the Gold fields of California in 'Conestoga' wagons, broad wheeled vehicles with canvas ...