The Gold Rush began when James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill on the American River in 1848. Word spread like wildfire, attracting thousands to California, eager to strike it rich.

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 ...

Was the California Gold Rush good for America? Many of the participants in the California Gold Rush lost even more money than they began with, ... A generation of gold took place between 1848 and 1851 ...

The California Dream began on Jan. 24, 1848, in the Sacramento Valley, on the shores of the American River. That day, James Marshall looked into a ditch dug during construction of a sawmill he ...

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.

He argues this Gold Rush mentality runs through California’s history. It helps establish an entertainment industry in Hollywood that today contributes $90 billion in annual economic output to Los ...

I have been reading about the California gold rush of 1848-50 and discovered a great deal more than expected. Some Arkansans did find wealth in the gold diggings, but the state as a whole did not ...

(FOX40.COM) — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants descended upon Northern California during the height of the 1848 Gold Rush, and among them were thousands of Jewish pioneers.