More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.
Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and ...
Welcome to January 24, a day that has witnessed a multitude of significant events throughout history, shaping politics, ...
That is the story of the California Gold Rush. But for almost 200 years ... leading many more people to arrive in the ...
And even though hundreds of thousands of pounds were extracted from California during the rush, some modern-day gold hunters are still finding glimmering yellow flakes. Cory Dykstra, a prospector ...
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 ...
J. D. Borthwick, an Englishman searching for his fortune in the Gold Rush, came to California in 1851. He observed and portrayed the gambling element of it in several of the lithographs ...
"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian. Most people did not survive it," Lim said. Greed for gold in California was pushed through violent ...