Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

If you come across this special coin minted with gold from the California gold rush, you could be looking at a small fortune ...

The Sacramento River Cats were set to play as the Sacramento Gold Diggers for a few games but backlash over a promotional video forced a name change.

On Thursday, the Sacramento River Cats, the Triple-A affiliate for the San Francisco Giants, announced an alternate identity ...

"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 ...

The Sacramento River Cats, the triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, have nixed a promo that would’ve seen the team renamed the Gold Diggers for several games this season. The team dropped ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

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