An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...

The inquiry into primary sources, maps and historic photographs asks students to examine the materials and answer whether ...

History Detective Wes Cowan visits California gold ... differently about the Gold Rush after this exercise? Have students research, then create a timeline or a map depicting various gold rushes ...

California’s early statehood was defined by the gold rush that started in the late 1840s, giving us the name “49ers.” Miners hoping to strike it rich flocked to Northern California from around the ...

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.