Once the center for justice and politics in the area, the historic Merced County Courthouse ... documents in the museum’s archives include gold rush letters, letters of correspondence between ...

How Sierra Nevada's gold rush towns are reinventing themselves How Sierra Nevada's gold rush towns are reinventing themselves Gold is a toxic lure in the world’s highest settlement Gold is a tox ...

History Detective Wes Cowan visits California gold mining sites and ... students learn about the California Gold Rush of 1849 through miners’ letters and art/photos, then research the role ...

Jacob Shinn’s optimism was rewarded when he hit something hard while digging on April 9, 1896. The big “rock” — later ...

The four-episode Gold Rush series will explore the dramatic and iconic run of the San Francisco 49ers during the '80s and ...

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 ...