"The California gold rush lasted only seven years, but it affected people around the world. Track the important events and turning points that made the discover

Did you know that an estimated 5,000 blacks were an early and integral part of the California Gold Rush? Did you know that black history in California precedes

A study of the ways in which Americans from the east, who traveled to the "gold country" of California in 18491851, obtained and used information.

The story of the California Gold Rush is one of unanticipated, rapid, and momentous change. In 1848, California was a remote and underpopulated province of Mexi