California’s early statehood was defined by the gold rush that started in the late 1840s, giving us the name “49ers.” Miners ...

Found it, and lost it. That morning’s find altered the destiny of California. The arriving hordes of the gold-fevered accelerated the decline and death of California’s Native peoples and the ...

Traces of the great American Gold Rush remain in this charming town nestled in the California Sierra Foothills surrounded by ...

California's population consisted ... starvation and homicide during the gold rush. As the surface gold disappeared, individual miners found their dreams of cashing in on the gold rush growing ...

Here are the seven towns with unusual names in California. Nestled in Calaveras County, Angels Camp is the only incorporated ...

James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush when he spotted some pea ... but neither Marshall nor his employer John Sutter prospered from the find. Another employee of Sutter, John Bidwell ...

but there's a somewhat under-the-radar pass that is an even better deal for Californians. The California Gold Pass, which is sold by Ski California, offers unlimited access to 36 downhill and ...

The court found that the Forest Service violated the National ... They live only in an area along the California-Nevada border and face multiple threats. “Gold exploration and drilling would harm ...