A fire in San Ramon Wednesday morning severely damaged the historic 19th-century Harlan House, also known as El Nido House, ...

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This is not the first gold rush in history. There have been several. One notable one is known as the California gold rush(1848-1855) when ...

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Smith, 18, was a member of the Mormon Battalion Company B that bivouacked at Mission San Luis Rey in Oceanside. Smith was ...

A new analysis puts Utah 10th place in the nation for its number of gold locations, but don't necessarily grab a pan and go out there and pan for the precious resource.

In 1848, word had gotten out that gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill.Well, California became very popular then.People flooded out to the state like crazy.But even after the Gold Rush was over, ...

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Nevada City and Grass Valley, siblings in Gold Country near Sacramento, have been drawing more visitors than ever.