One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit ...

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 ...

“California’s Gold” said that the research done for ... the center of California at 35 miles northeast of Madera. “Maps don't just randomly get data like that without it having been ...

The gold rush of 1848 brought still more devastation. Violence, disease and loss overwhelmed the tribes. By 1870, an estimated 30,000 native people remained in the state of California, most on ...