The Californian Gold Rush, however, brought only marginally more wealth to a small number of miners. In the past, it was common for miners to become rich by purchasing overpriced food, supplies, and ...

Seeking gold in California river bottom, Mid 1850s, Harper's Weekly magazine, PD. George C. Briggs arrived in California from Ohio in 1849, but didn't spend much time digging for gold. Instead ...

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 ...

Jaguars Clash With Miners Amid Gold Rush, Jaguars Clash With Miners Why A Londoner Became a Backwoods California Gold Prospector Why A Londoner Became a Backwoods California Gold Prospector Read ...

The largest wildfire currently burning in California, known as the Dixie Fire, has destroyed nearly all of the historic Gold Rush town of Greenville. The estimated 800 residents of the northern ...