Few experiences make gold mining history come alive for kids like stepping into the darkness of a 19th-century mineshaft or dipping a pan into the Sacramento River, watching carefully for a glint ...

A woman with three men panning for gold during the California Gold Rush, Date 9 July 1850 ... that we were told over and over again as little kids and as we got older, that you're thankful ...

In 1830, gold was found in the Southern Appalachians and the Georgia gold rush began. Unfortunately, the area was the ancestral home of the Cherokee. To clear the way for exploration the ...