The 1849 Double Eagle Gold Coin is one of the rarest coins in U.S. history—not because it was minted in small numbers, but because only one known specimen exists today. The masterpiece was created ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Stack's Bowers The tale of the 1850 Baldwin & Co. Horseman $10 gold coin is as captivating as the era that produced it. Rooted in the California Gold Rush, this remarkable piece ... Bank before its ...

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 ...

(Stack’s Bowers Galleries via AP) 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 ...