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

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first ... mining fame of friends Charles Camden and Levi Tower, along with their gold mine, stamp ...

"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian. Most people did not survive it," Lim said. Greed for gold in California was pushed through violent ...

Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction ... America’s first “Chinatown.” Levi Jeans: Levi Strauss journeyed from New York to San ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...