President James K. Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical rumors of riches in the Sierra Nevada, ignited the California Gold Rush with his State of the Union address on this day in history ...

It was never James K. Polk’s intention to run for president ... Polk now signaled his intent to take California away from Mexico, as well. He would lower the tariff, which the previous ...

James K. Polk, the original "dark horse" candidate ... His attempt to acquire California and New Mexico from the south provoked the Mexican War... Died: June 15, 1849. Polk was the last strong ...

James K. Polk was in the epicenter of it all ... “His true goal was to acquire the rich ports of California. Polk envisioned a lucrative trade with the Far East that would revolve around ...

Polk promised that he would be a one-term president. Challenges: James K. Polk was an avowed expansionist, committed to acquiring California and New Mexico from Mexico even at the risk of war. Polk ...

One of James K. Polk’s last major acts as president was also one of his most consequential: He helped set off the California Gold Rush. Polk’s deed came during his final State of the Union in ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to “Young Hickory” - James K. Polk. Prior to becoming ... they were heating up in the South. Polk, seeking to gain California, offered Mexico $20,000,000.

And it wasn’t until former President James K. Polk spoke of “accounts of the abundance of gold” in his December State of the ...

“From sea to shining sea” may very well have served as the professional motto of James K. Polk, our 11th president ... the territories of New Mexico and California. His negotiation of a ...

James K. Polk’s final night as president of the United States was an all-nighter. "The 11th President had spent the previous evening with Congress trying to pass some final appropriation bills ...