A little over 10 years ago, Melbourne novelist Madeleine Cleary discovered that her great-great-great grandmother, Catherine ...

A Rush of Gold Seekers By 1849 ... Using a technique called hydraulic mining, they extracted $170 million in gold between 1860 and 1880. In the process, they devastated the landscape and choked ...

During the 1860s, at least one out of every six Chinese ... In the early days of the Black Hills gold rush, more than 100 labored as laundrymen in and around Deadwood—a monopoly that earned ...

Countless of California's Gold Rush towns rapidly flourished and then ... or lunch in a vibrantly pink Victorian house from the 1860s. Omelets, pancakes, and sandwiches are a few of the entrees ...

A Rush of Gold Seekers By 1849 ... Using a technique called hydraulic mining, they extracted $170 million in gold between 1860 and 1880. In the process, they devastated the landscape and choked ...