Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from ...

The trails are dotted with Douglas firs ... Visitors can pan for gold, take a walking tour and learn about the California Gold Rush of 1849. The Lower American River runs through Sacramento ...

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.

The Humboldt Bay region became well-known as a supply center for the packers. Hundreds of loaded pack-mules arrived from and ...

This contaminated both water and fish, with environmental effects that still linger in California today. A relative few who partook in the Gold Rush got wealthy—mostly earlier prospectors.

The gold rush of 1848 brought still more devastation. Violence, disease and loss overwhelmed the tribes. By 1870, an estimated 30,000 native people remained in the state of California, most on ...

A woman with three men panning for gold during the California Gold Rush, Date 9 July 1850, PD By 1850 the idea that the extermination of the native population of California was inevitable had been ...

By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, California (KCRA) -- A teenager was rescued by Cal Fire crews after ...

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, fueling Stockton's rapid growth, many are still digging for riches all over California.