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 ...

"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in ... an Associated Professor of Native American history at UCLA and author of "An American Genocide." Large ranches recruited hundreds of ...

the American West is full of historic sites dating from the feverish era of the Gold Rush. Experience a fascinating journey into the history of those who, long ago, dared to dream of a new destiny ...

History Detective Wes Cowan visits California gold mining sites and talks with Gold Rush curators to reveal the story behind a caricature-style drawing by the well-known Gold Rush photographer ...

It read "Gold, Gold ... Dawson during the Klondike Gold Rush at the end of the 1900s. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) Dawson turned into an American-style frontier town with dance ...