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 ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery ... Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold ...

A gold discovery happened in 1848 at the property of John Sutter that led to the California Gold Rush. Did most Forty Niners strike it rich? Gold was extracted in amounts estimated to exceed $2 ...

I’m Mark Oppold with an American Agriculture History Minute.

Irish immigrants John and Daniel Murphy transformed the town of Murphys into a booming business hub after discovering $2 ...

The allure stemmed from the discovery of gold in California in 1848. “Let’s go gold digging ... the US welcomed immigrants; the gold rush and the construction of America’s transcontinental ...

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 ...

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 ...