Step back in time to Coloma, California, the historic ghost town where gold was first discovered in 1848, sparking the ...

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, ... Neither side knew about the discovery when they signed a treaty giving the U.S. control of California nine days later on Feb. 2, 1848. ...

11 magical California gold rush towns you should absolutely visit. ... a French miner en route to Sutter’s Mill in 1848 who got lucky here. ... A good reason to stop in Auburn is Pour Choice, ...

In the two decades following California’s Gold Rush beginnings, 80 percent of its Native American population was lost. Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold.

From 1848 to 1855, about $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush, which reached its peak in 1852. Join me as we dig a little deeper into the history of ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, ... Neither side knew about the discovery when they signed a treaty giving the U.S. control of California nine days later on Feb. 2, 1848. ...

Late last year, my colleagues at the Fellows Fund wrote about the similarities between the current AI frenzy and the California gold rush of the mid-1800s. There are some great points in this ...