On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the foothills ...

San Diego became known for its beaches, research labs, and urban growth, the mountains to the east briefly thrived with the promise of gold.

High in the remote hills of eastern California, a town sits perfectly still, caught in a moment that never moved forward.

TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without ...

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 have ...

Among Placerville’s many gold rush-era curiosities are rumors of tunnels running up into the brothels and a hotel that saw so much money pass through that it was able to expand with all the gold dust ...