A few months later, rumors circulated that gold had been found nearby at Coloma. In early May, Brannan headed to the mines to see for himself. He learned "there was more gold than all the people ...

When news of gold reached San Francisco first, it was met with disbelief. Then entrepreneur Sam Brannan marched through town waving a vial of the precious metal as proof. By mid-June, stores stood ...

Though some of those pioneers were in the area in 1848, and some had come to the Salt Lake Valley, group leader Sam Brannan ...

Justin Brannan, a Democratic City Council member who’s running for city comptroller, is vowing to aim another dagger at the company if elected — by leading an effort to have the city pensions ...