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 ...
Rosie Clayburn is a descendant of the Yurok Tribe, which had its territory — called O Rew in the Yurok language — ripped from them nearly two centuries ago. "As the natural world became completely ...
“Now, we just have to hope the market stays where it is.” While California has come a long way since the gold rush, many of its mining towns haven’t. In its 19th century heyday, Randsburg ...
Enthusiastic coin collectors eagerly vied for the rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin during the auction on Tuesday. The 1870 $20 gold coin, minted in Carson City, Nevada, fetched $1.44 million at ...