Nation Nation & World Nation & World Politics Is the California Dream a Mirage? May 11, 2025 at 7:07 pm Updated May 14, 2025 at 4:13 pm By ADAM NAGOURNEY ...

There was even a 120-mile vein of gold-bearing quartz in Placerville, Grass Valley, and Nevada City. As mining operations staked claims, prospectors began fanning out all across the state. They hoped ...

In 1848, gold was discovered in California. News spread quickly, and suddenly the state experienced an influx of settlers coming to join the race to riches. China Dealt Blow by New Panama Deal ...

ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images According to the Oakland Museum of California, miners who wanted to reach the gold buried under ancient river channels did so through incredibly cramped, ...

During the Gold Rush, Cordua Ranch became a vital stop for riverboats traveling from Sacramento and San Francisco, carrying prospectors to the goldfields. This influx of people marked the official ...

While Marshall found the first gold nugget in January 1848, initiating a rush of 300,000 people to California, the launch of ChatGPT 3.5 in November 2022 caused a stir among users and tech investors.

The California Gold Rush highlighted the abundance of a valued resource in a constrained area. Now, there is a new “gold rush” in the offing at the south pole of the Moon.

Back in 2000, I wrote a piece for California Wild about the prospects for wolf restoration in the state. At that time, there had not been any wolves ...

" Consider the California gold rush. In January 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. News of the discovery spread rapidly, and people from across the country ...