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 ...

In 1848, gold was discovered in California. News spread quickly ... day road trip – here’s why ditching the back glass was a good (and bad) idea ...

The gold rush of 1848 brought still more devastation. Violence, disease and loss overwhelmed the tribes. By 1870, an estimated 30,000 native people remained in the state of California, most on ...

A gold discovery happened in 1848 at the property of John Sutter that led to the California Gold Rush. Did most Forty Niners strike it rich? Gold was extracted in amounts estimated to exceed $2 ...

Within this environment, San Francisco emerged as the greatest boom town, its population surging from 600 in 1848 to 25,000 in 1849. As the primary port of entry for seaborne “Argonauts” (people who ...