Gold Rush
The Forgotten Black Explorers Who Transformed Americans' Understanding of the Wilderness
Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries
There’s a Better Way to Teach the California Gold Rush
A new lesson plan centers Native American perspectives on the violence of Western expansion
Nevada’s Living and Abandoned Ghost Towns
These Five Former Boomtowns Invite You To Step Into the State’s Mining History
Five Places Where You Can Still Find Gold in the United States
Lucky for you, these gold rush hot spots have not yet run their mining course
These Pants Were Pulled From an 1857 Shipwreck. Are They the World's Oldest Jeans?
After more than a century at the bottom of the ocean, the garment fetched $114,000 at auction
Well-Preserved, 30,000-Year-Old Baby Woolly Mammoth Emerges From Yukon Permafrost
The mummified creature is helping to heal the rift between the Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in people and the miners and scientists who came to their lands
The Monkeys and Parrots Caught Up in the California Gold Rush
Researchers combed through 19th-century records and found evidence of the species, which joined a menagerie that included Galapagos tortoises and kangaroos
The Trailblazing Black Entrepreneurs Who Shaped a 19th-Century California Boomtown
Though founded by Confederates, Julian became a place of opportunity for people of color—and a model for what the U.S. could look like after the Civil War
How Do Snails Get Their Shells? And More Questions From Our Readers
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Gold Fever! Deadly Cold! And the Amazing True Adventures of Jack London in the Wild
In 1897, the California native went to the frozen North looking for gold. What he found instead was the great American novel
Deadwood Is Getting a Brothel Museum
A non-profit is telling the local history of prostitution in the Wild West town, popularized by the HBO show of the same name
When California Went to War Over Eggs
As the Gold Rush brought more settlers to San Francisco, battles erupted over another substance of a similar hue: the egg yolks of a remote seabird colony
One Last Time, Read Our ‘Timeless’ Deep Dive Into What the Beloved TV Show Got Right and Wrong
“Timeless”’s finale teaches us how to say goodbye to the intrepid, time-traveling crew
The Ill-Fated Expedition of a 19th-Century Scientist to Explore the California Wilderness
Even facing exposure and starvation, Josiah Gregg insisted on stopping to take measurements and observations, much to his companions' distress
Paradise's Gold Nugget Museum Falls Victim to Camp Fire
The beloved local institution was founded in 1973 to commemorate the town’s prospecting past
The Mining Millionaire Americans Couldn’t Help But Love
Unlike the other one-percenters of his age, John Mackay gained his countrymen’s admiration. But in an ironic twist, it means he’s little known today
Coin Once Believed to Be Fake Is a Million Dollar Find
Authenticators found a New England collector's Gold Rush-era $5 gold coin is the real McCoy
The Poetic Tale of Literary Outlaw Black Bart
Stagecoach robber Charles Bole took the inspiration for his pseudonym from pulp fiction
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