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 ...

San Francisco and the Architecture of the Redwood Lumber Industry,” the harvesting of redwoods indelibly shaped the region.

In 1850 the California legislature passed an ... Many communities through Gold Rush California offered bounties for Indian heads, Indian scalps, or Indian ears. And so the Indian raiders could ...

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

About a mile west of old Shasta on Highway 299W (Shasta County) is Historical Marker #377 that marks the 1864 infant grave of Charles Brownstein, son of Red Bluff residents George and Helena ...

A quick note on electoral votes: Since California quickly grew its population amid the gold rush and joined the union in 1850, the state ... him complete a very red map. In 1988, California ...

The California gold rush – which attracted huge numbers of immigrants of Chinese ethnicity, among other backgrounds – picked up steam in San Francisco in 1849. Today, San Francisco's Chinatown ...

Map of the Colony of Victoria ... State Library of Victoria The gold rush lured hopefuls from around the world: Americans fresh from their own rush in California arrived alongside Germans ...

Among Placerville’s many gold rush-era curiosities are rumors of ... It’s the only city in all of California to own a gold mine. Off Highway 50 on the way to Tahoe, Gold Bug Mine, inside ...

Season 15 of Gold Rush has officially premiered, launching on Friday to the delight of fans. Viewers are eagerly tuning in for the high-stakes mining adventures featuring Parker Schnabel ...

about a year into California’s gold rush. They are emblazoned with three different designs. Liberty head (Coronet) coins were manufactured from 1849 to 1856. From 1854 to 1856, an Indian head ...