A gold discovery happened in 1848 at the property of John Sutter that led to the California Gold Rush. Did most Forty Niners strike it rich? Gold was extracted in amounts estimated to exceed $2 ...

You've heard of the San Francisco gold rush. But that rush spurred another, lesser-known event: the egg rush. The legions of miners who swept into the region in the 1850s hoping to strike gold all ...

Most of the photographs in the Gold Rush collection were taken around 1850, and the names of many subjects are not known. A handful of the images are thought to be taken by Robert H. Vance, a well ...

Mongolia is in the midst of an epic gold rush spawning the modern equivalent of the forty-niners who rushed to California in 1849.. The county is rich in natural resources---stunning scenery, yes ...

that we hardly have time to ponder myths from beyond the dawn of television. Then again, Roberts' intended audience isn't the general public anyway. "American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and ...

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the California Gold Rush. In 1849 the recent discovery of gold at Coloma, ... the so-called Forty-Niners, arriving by boat and over land.

There’s a New Breed of Forty-Niners Rushing to the Pacific Lured by the soaring price of the precious metal, prospectors are heading for the California hills like it’s 1849 all over again ...

You've heard of the San Francisco gold rush. But that rush spurred another, lesser-known event: the egg rush. The legions of miners who swept into the region in the 1850s hoping to strike gold all ...

When food shortages struck San Francisco, wily entrepreneurs raided the dangerous Farallon Islands for protein-rich eggs from seabirds. In the process, they destroyed both wildlife and each other.

Between 1849 and 1854, thousands of fortune-hunters flooded into San Francisco from all over the world. Kamiya describes the city as a combination of casinos, campgrounds and brothels. "Early on, some ...

When food shortages struck San Francisco, wily entrepreneurs raided the dangerous Farallon Islands for protein-rich eggs from seabirds. In the process, they destroyed both wildlife and each other.