On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...

His discovery led to an influx of around 300,000 settlers flocking to the state—named the "Forty-Niners" after the year 1849, which hit peak Gold Rush immigration. Most forms of gold mining have ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...

Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical rumors of riches in the Sierra Nevada, ignited the California Gold Rush with his State ... the San Francisco 49ers. The Golden Gate, the strait connecting ...

"But the American history of sourdough bread really starts in San Francisco during the California Gold Rush," said the same ... on Sunday when the San Francisco 49ers challenge the Kansas City ...

Prospectors came to Nevada City for gold, but the forested community has become an enduring oasis for artists, musicians, and bohemians.

“It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” Marshall ... 100,000 by the end of 1849 and more than 250,000 by 1852. These settlers were dubbed “forty-niners” after the year ...