The Humboldt Bay region became well-known as a supply center for the packers. Hundreds of loaded pack-mules arrived from and ...

Oliver Tanquary, head counselor at Paso Robles High, said the students were very upset about the new development and ...

Golden Gate Villa was built for Gold Rush-era mining entrepreneur Frank McLaughlin, and the "door to nowhere" above Front ...

Visitors to Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park met with volunteers Saturday to commemorate the discovery of gold ...

Golden Gate Park in San Francisco offers diverse attractions like museums, gardens, lakes, and annual events, making it a ...

Several proud men standing by giant eucalyptus trees on East Lake Avenue in Watsonville, circa 1913. Eucalyptus trees were ...

On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the early prospectors.

The visit came the day after a new ballot initiative asking voters whether the state should become an independent country was ...

American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The discovery‚ facilitated by Native American guides who knew ...

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 ...

“It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” Marshall later would say. News of the riches would soon spread beyond across the United States, kick-starting a wave of mass migration to ...

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