Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

Marshall’s discovery set off the decade-long California gold rush. Members of the Mormon Battalion ... Nine years earlier, noted pioneer poet/composter William Clayton penned the words to ...

Marie Suize came from France in 1850 during the Gold Rush in California. In a cosmopolitan ... Marie Suize Pantalon, itinerary of a pioneer is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS ...

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 ...

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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.