Photo: river mining for gold on the North Fork of the American River, California, ca.1853. Credit: George H. Johnson; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

Our Ancestors & the California Gold Rush (part 2)

By Melissa Berry on July 25, 2023

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry continues her story about the California Gold Rush, focusing on John Sutter... (Read More)

On This Day, California Gold Rush: Gold Found at Sutter’s Mill

By Tony Pettinato on January 24, 2019

An article about James Marshall discovering gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, on 24 January 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush... (Read More)

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