An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... ($971 million in 2005 dollars) in 1850, $75 million in 1851, and $81 ...

Mark Oliver's art, book and film brings a hidden history to life to tell the story of African Americans in northern ...

But that's only one part of the sta gold rush story ... from 1850 to 1861. No one was held accountable, Madley said. "I think it's not an exaggeration to say that California legislators ...