Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

Legends Books, Antiques & Soda Fountain seamlessly ... "Queen of the Southern Mines," played a pivotal role in the California Gold Rush. Beneath its quaint streets lies a sprawling network of ...

Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from ...

By 1860, more than 5,000 Black Americans "had made the difficult trek to California in search of quick wealth," according to Rudolph Lapp, in his book "Blacks in Gold Rush California." Those Black ...

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A Black descendant of enslaved Americans brought to California during the gold rush, Monroe was proud of ... Jonathan Burgess has written a children’s book about the land controversies in ...

Among the most sought after and valuable coins in the world are a handful struck for the Cincinnati Mining & Trading Company during the California Gold Rush of 1849 ... Trading Company may be found in ...

COLOMA, Calif. (AP) — In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now ...

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 ...

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit of the ...