Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a ...

A remarkable California Gold $50 coin from 1852 fetched an impressive $367,875 at auction, showcasing its extraordinary ...

Ahead of his Southern California appearances, the National Book Award-winning historian discusses ‘The Rush,’ a look at the wild, dangerous days of gold fever.

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 ...

Albert Fausel has been scouring the rivers of Placerville, California for decades in search of gold. But the task has never been easier, nor the haul bigger, thanks to recent torrential rains. "This ...

California's Gold Rush brought a major population boom to the state. Prospectors in mining camps had to make do with whatever ...

Buddhism and the California Gold Rush may be two things that don’t seem to go together. But it was the Gold Rush that first brought Buddhism to California. The California Gold Rush began in 1848, when ...

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 foothills ...