More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and Gold ...

The scenery in itself makes it a classic Sunday — or Saturday — drive as you pass through or by historic mining towns such as ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... sawmill Swiss immigrant John Sutter was building near Coloma. When news of gold reached San Francisco first ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.

On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the ...

In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged ... Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... sawmill Swiss immigrant John Sutter was building near Coloma. When news of gold reached San Francisco first ...

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 ... catching the sun's ...