Tucked away in the Cuyamaca Mountains just an hour east of San Diego lies Julian, a gold-rush era town that feels like California’s best-kept secret. This mountain hamlet trades coastal palms for pine ...

Dubbed "California's Oldest Little City" and "The New York of the Pacific," this Gold Rush city has a historic Chinatown, ...

Other, lesser-known towns were often just as raucous as Tombstone and Deadwood. Jerome, Arizona, for example, was once called "the wickedest town in the West" because of its proliferation of bars, ...

The genesis of mining gold in North Carolina. We can trace the first instance of a documented gold discovery in the U.S. to 1799 when a young boy discovered a huge, 17-pound gold nugget during a ...

Officials said the 16-year-old boy was exploring a Gold Rush-era mine shaft that was around 50 feet deep with some friends. Cal Fire later said the group of teenagers were using household ropes to ...

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from some 150,000 to roughly 31,000, according to the International Indian Treaty Council.

While California has come a long way since the gold rush, many of its mining towns haven’t. In its 19th century heyday, Randsburg boasted a population of 3,500 with churches, saloons, hotels and ...

day that’s at 10:00. the events, by the way, are free. well, now to our explorer outdoors. today in california’s gold rush, history comes to life with this weekend in the sierra foothills.

Nearly two centuries after California's initial gold rush in the mid-19th century, the state continues to lead the nation in gold production and discovery, according to a new report.. By far, the ...

Gold was found near Coloma in 1848 by James W. Marshall, a white carpenter, setting off the California gold rush that saw hundreds of thousands of people from across the nation and outside of the ...