In “The Rush,” Nathaniel Philbrick paints a portrait of the treasure seekers, prospectors and conniving politicians who ...

The native tribes of California saw themselves as stewards not owners of the land. The white settlers who arrived during the ...

Sutter's Mill/Coloma | January 24, 1848 James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush when he spotted some pea-sized ...

Ever wondered what prospectors ate on the American frontier during the Gold Rush? We talked with a historian to get the scoop ...

After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

Gold mining has been part of the American story for more than two centuries and it remains an important industry today. Everything changed in 1848 when gold was discovered in California, igniting a ...

The course of Montana’s history changed in 1862 because of a few weathered wooden buildings that were standing beside Grasshopper Creek. Prospectors discovered rich deposits of gold in the area and ...