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 ...

In 1830, gold was found in the Southern Appalachians and the Georgia gold rush began. Unfortunately, the area was the ancestral home of the Cherokee. To clear the way for exploration the ...

And PBS has several other documentary and nature ... dramatizing the turbulent history of the California gold rush. With the new opera’s title referencing Puccini’s 1910 romantic favorite ...