On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... to the California coast by ship. Thousands of people from the Sandwich ...

But that's only one part of the sta gold rush story. Historians tell Insider the era touted for discovery and expansion is actually responsible for one of the bloodies periods in US history - a ...

Roman Lewett’s mystery began when his father’s Boston Whaler broke down as he was piloting it to a fishing spot just west of the Golden Gate Bridge. Lewett, 25, chucked the anchor overboard, and his ...