One hundred fifty years ago, George Jackson found gold near the confluence of Clear Creek and Chicago Creek, setting off the Colorado gold rush and the founding of Idaho Springs. Wednesday ...

Explore Idaho's mining history beginning around 1860 and ghost town heritage. In the 1860's thousands of gold seekers poured into Idaho, intent upon striking it rich. They built cities and mills ...

Provided by Arthur Hart Since February is being celebrated across the nation as Black History ... Idaho. Other black free men came west as fur trappers in the decades that followed. The gold rush ...

South-central Idaho’s rail center since 1882 when trains reached here, Shoshone has a historic district of ... on their way to California. A gold rush visitor on July 14, 1849, said “you ...

An old mining center and military outpost during the Idaho gold rush days of the 1860s and ... Must-sees include the Idaho State Historical Museum, with exhibits on the state's history from ...

Dave Turin first became a familiar face to TV viewers thanks to “Gold Rush,” the hit Discovery ... s voice-over explanations of some of the historical context. In his travels, Turin meets ...

IDAHO CITY, Idaho — Gold was first discovered in North Idaho, near present-day Pierce, Idaho in 1860, and miners seeking their fortune flooded into the Idaho Territory from across the world.