An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...

View the video clips below to see the effects the Gold Rush had on the state of California and the country. Marcia Eymann visited the Center for Sacramento History and talked about the California ...

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. One hundred and seventy-seven years later, California continues to lead the U.S. in gold production and discovery. The spirit of the ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. Get Rich Quick The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew ...

Stockton's very history is indelibly tied to the Gold Rush. The Californian Gold Rush of 1849. Many of the 'Forty niners' crossed the United States from the east to the Gold fields of California ...

"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 ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...

The allure stemmed from the discovery of gold in California in 1848 ... In the mid 19th century, the US welcomed immigrants; the gold rush and the construction of America’s transcontinental ...

starting the California Gold Rush of 1849. Today, Coloma preserves their history at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, where visitors can visit the on-site museum, learn how to pan ...