California is famous for its incredible beaches and stunning vineyards, but this historic Gold Rush town is known for its ...

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In 1848, gold was discovered in California. News spread quickly, and suddenly the state experienced an influx of settlers ...

The community was established in the 1850s on the northeastern edge of Stanislaus County. Home to the longest covered bridge ...

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Richardson Bay is a natural harbor that on maps resembles a cartoon fish chomping into the Marin County peninsula. It is shallow, making it perfect as an anchorage. The bottom of the bay is covered ...

The eerie landscape, tucked into the foothills of California's Sierra Nevada ... On the heels of the gold rush, however, had come other settlers. As early as 1873, downstream farmers began ...

The Plumas-Eureka Mine became one of the most productive in the northern Sierra, extracting millions in gold before ...

Two days after the Lager Beer Riot, on April 23, 1885, Chicago citizens convened at South Market Hall for a public meeting on ...

Plumas-Eureka State Park in Blairsden, California might be the 6,000-acre surprise she never knew she wanted – a Sierra ...

One day in the late 1990s, Colorado Springs history buff David Swint came across an old, dusty mug with a curious inscription.