Northeast of Sacramento, this town was praised for its proximity to the Tahoe National Forest and its historic downtown by ...

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 ...

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.

starting the California Gold Rush of 1849. Today, Coloma preserves their history at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, where visitors can visit the on-site museum, learn how to pan ...

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 ...

"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian. Most people did not survive it," Lim said. Greed for gold in California was pushed through violent ...

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 ...

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues ... nearly 100,000 by the end of 1849 and more than 250,000 by 1852.

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...

View the video clips below to see the effects the Gold Rush had on the state of California and the country. Marcia Eymann visited the Center for Sacramento History and talked about the California ...