stamp mill and hotel. Kids can learn about ways people would strive to acquire riches during the California Gold Rush, such as providing lodging and supplies to miners. And during your visit ...

In Coloma, where the first flakes of the yellow stuff were found, sparking the gold rush that would overtake California for ...

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 ...

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 ...

This contaminated both water and fish, with environmental effects that still linger in California today. A relative few who partook in the Gold Rush got wealthy—mostly earlier prospectors.

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 ...

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 ...