California’s Gold Rush of 1848 is often depicted as a time of adventure, opportunity, and transformation. Picture it: waves ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...

Something about the heavy, shiny metal has always attracted mankind. From our earliest history, the lure and acquisition of ...

A gold discovery happened in 1848 at the property of John Sutter that led to the California Gold Rush. Did most Forty Niners strike it rich? Gold was extracted in amounts estimated to exceed $2 ...

The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848 when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma.

Mark Oliver's art, book and film brings a hidden history to life to tell the story of African Americans in northern ...

For the full interview on The California Report Magazine, listen to the audio at the top of this story. Jon Else: I had done films before with the composer John Adams, and John contacted me and said, ...

Investment banker Ken Moelis likened the bitcoin craze to the California gold rush at a ... "It's like the gold rush of 1848. A lot of people didn't know if there was gold in the ground, but ...