A former switching station for travelers along the old Oregon-to-California Trail, the property is a peaceful retreat.

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

In the spring of 1849 Luzena and Mason Wilson packed their wagon ... to California from many countries -- including France, Mexico, Peru, Chile and China -- to make money in the gold rush economy.

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first glimpsed gold in the South Fork of the American River, starting the California Gold Rush of 1849.

Six years before the famed California Gold Rush of 1848, another discovery of gold had already taken place in Santa Clarita’s ...

"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian. Most people did not survive it," Lim said. Greed for gold in California was pushed through violent ...

From the mountains of California to the deserts of Nevada, the American West is full of historic sites dating from the feverish era of the Gold Rush ... a fireman's wagon in the fire station ...

Bang in the middle of the California Gold Rush (1848-1859), Levi Strauss ... canvas material to miners so they could make tents and wagon covers. However, he quickly realized that there was ...

With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing ... Headstrong Caroline follows him by train, riverboat, and covered wagon, gaining companions en route: a vagrant Russian prince ...