Because of the visions of William Heath Davis, Jr. and later, Alonzo Horton, we can all enjoy America’s Finest City.

Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from ...

On March 1, 1890, the California Supreme Court, in Wysinger vs. Crookshank, reversed the lower court decision and ordered ...

The tribe says they will initiate restoration projects on the 17,000 acres taken from them during the gold rush.

Prospectors came to Nevada City for gold, but the forested community has become an enduring oasis for artists, musicians, and ...

Evangeline's Costume Mansion is a historic gem along the waterfront where the Gold Rush boomed and where California's story is carved into cobblestone streets and wooden sidewalks.

Thousands of acres (roughly 189km2) of stolen land have been returned to California's Yurok tribe, more than 120 years after ...

California history is often thought of as synonymous with the railroad and the gold rush, but Black history is not. “Black ...

After more than two decades and millions of dollars, the Yurok Tribe today has regained control of its ancestral lands.

The Yurok Tribe had 90% of its territory taken during the California Gold Rush in the mid-1800s, suffering massacres and ...