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 ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

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 ...

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

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

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