Elon Musk wasn’t the first to shape the national conversation. Joshua Norton, a San Francisco cult figure, was.

Based on per-acre farm production, there is no place more fertile in California. Yields from similar crops are almost 50 ...

California’s early statehood was defined by the gold rush that started in the late 1840s, giving us the name “49ers.” Miners hoping to strike it rich flocked to Northern California from around the ...

Digital technology has interconnected people and services, but  global governance driven by mercantilist interests have led ...

With gold prices at record highs, jewelry collectors are in meltdown mode. For weeks, they’ve been scouring their homes and ...

In Gold Rush, Parker fails to meet his ambitious goal as Rick strives. Pic credit: Discovery In the season finale of Gold Rush Season 15, Parker Schnabel and Rick Ness were pushed to their limits ...

So many prospectors flocked to San Francisco during the gold rush in California that the city's population rose from 1,000 to 25,000 between 1848 and 1849. The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in ...

And the market is hot. During the California Gold Rush, some miners prospered but the real money was made by suppliers and shopkeepers. Today, many gold mining stocks are soaring but firms in ...