One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit ...

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 ...

It also propelled California’s leap into American statehood ... The thing about gold is that it can move around; placer gold, to take an example, gets loosened from its original lode where ...

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 ...

Outspoken progressives Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are taking their ...

History is at your feet at the Lil Bit of Heaven Ranch in Northern California. While out walking or working on irrigation, the ranch owners have found remnants from the Gold Rush when the property ...