An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...

History Detective Wes Cowan visits California gold ... differently about the Gold Rush after this exercise? Have students research, then create a timeline or a map depicting various gold rushes ...

Now don’t go all weak at the knees and soft in the head when you read this: Gold! In the Mojave Desert! It’s a gold rushlet so far: lots of wishful thinking that half-forgotten old mines still ...

One of the hidden areas to escape the city lies at The American River, spanning 30 miles through the heart of California's gold rush country ... River's watershed map will give visitors insight ...