The California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s transformed the United States population as gold seekers ventured out to the West Coast in search of the precious metal in the Golden State's rivers and ...

By 1855, over 300,000 men had flocked to California searching for gold. One such man was Boonsboro's Frederick Augustus Baker ...

JAMESTOWN, Calif. - The historic, recording-breaking rains to hit the state this past winter and spring have led to exciting opportunities for modern day prospectors, hoping to strike it rich in what ...

A local coin dealer will hide historic currency worth a total of $50,000 in its third annual citywide challenge on April 25 ...

C. 1860 portrait of an unidentified pair of prospectors by an unknown photographer (collection of the Canadian Photography Institute. NGC, Ottawa) “Gold! Gold from the American River!” So cried the ...

Have you heard the news? After this year’s storms, California is glittering with gold. Gold here, gold there, gold everywhere. As the theory goes, there is, or will soon be, an abundance of ...

Late last year, my colleagues at the Fellows Fund wrote about the similarities between the current AI frenzy and the California gold rush of the mid-1800s. There are some great points in this piece ...

When British journalist Steve Boggan, author of Gold Fever: One Man’s Adventures On The Trail Of The Gold Rush, swapped the comforts of London to become a gold prospector in the backwoods of ...