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 ...

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 ...

California’s early statehood was defined by the gold rush that started in the late 1840s, giving us the name “49ers.” Miners ...

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

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.

"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 ...

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

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