More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

Built during the Gold Rush more than a century and a half ago, Cary House Hotel in Placerville is one of the oldest hotels in ...

The state’s non-Indigenous population rose from an estimated 14,000 to nearly 100,000 by the end of 1849 and more than ... rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction.

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 ...

Image The California Historical Society has material chronicling the Gold Rush, like this photograph dating from between 1849 and 1860.Credit...California Historical Society Tony Gonzalez ...

Chico History Museum’s spring lectures begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. at 141 Salem and Second Streets with a ...

A sunken ship was found off the coast near Treasure Island in a known dumping ground for decommissioned vessels.

The Encyclopedia of Food Microbiology, (published by Elsevier eBooks in Holland) explains that one of the oldest-known ...

Explore Victorian wedding traditions that sometimes explain why couples do what they do when the tie the knot.

All you need to know about the sights, bites and urban delights on a whirlwind 24-hour tour of the City by the Bay ...