More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, fueling Stockton's rapid growth, many are still digging for riches all ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... Towns with names like Hangtown, Sucker Flat, and Murderers Bar sprouted in every promising crevice of the Sierras.

In Coloma, where the first flakes of the yellow stuff were found, sparking the gold rush that would overtake California for .

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... Towns with names like Hangtown, Sucker Flat, and Murderers Bar sprouted in every promising crevice of the Sierras.

That amount is doubled at Sam’s Grill, where owner Peter Quartaroli sells about 40 plates of Hangtown fry ($21) each month. Quartaroli believes that Sam’s Grill, which opened in 1867, added ...

Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from ...

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 ...