Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... take advantage of an opportunity they never dreamed possible.

But that's only one part of the sta gold rush story ... carrying knives while wielding mining tools. About 300,000 heavily-armed settlers descended to California to hunt for gold.

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush ... war and California was technically under Mexico’s control. Neither side knew about the discovery when they signed a treaty giving ...

Digital technology has interconnected people and services, but  global governance driven by mercantilist interests have led ...

In the early days of the Gold Rush ... language that they used at the time, "extermination," was precisely describing what they were attempting to do. The Native Americans in California of ...