The unquenchable demand for gold spurred a mass migration and fueled the genocide of Native communities Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter ...

not so much for the gold pioneers who ventured West were able to mine, but in the income gained supplying other “forty-niners” rushing to California. Sutter’s Mill was a water-powered ...

This weekend, you can step back in time to California ... gold during Gold Discovery Day. The day was first celebrated in Coloma in 1948 – 100 years after Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s ...

The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24 ... of the male population of San Francisco had gone to the mines. The rest of California soon followed. That summer, men like Antonio Franco ...

Today in history: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush. Also on this date ...

not so much for the gold pioneers who ventured West were able to mine, but in the income gained supplying other “forty-niners” rushing to California. Sutter’s Mill was a water-powered sawmill on the ...

The California gold rush began in 1848, when gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought 300,000 people from across the U.S. and abroad to California.

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

There are 341 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold ...

Upon completion of these payments, CMC Metals will no longer hold a security interest in the Bishop Gold Mill. Credit: Alexey_Rezvykh/Shutterstock. Gold mining ...