James Marshall in 1848 found gold near the American River, which is now part of Sacramento. His ambition was to create a quite community, but fortune seekers in search of gold destroyed his dream of such a community. On Feb 2, 1848, the Treaty...

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Bright flashing lights signal the next convoy of flatbed trucks, poised to move U.S. military equipment into Iraq.But to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, riding in a helicopter over the U.S. base in Kuwait's capital, the more relevant sight is the broad expanse of surrounding vacant...

The phone rang at Robert Edward Auctions last Sunday. When you're in the sports memorabilia business, that happens a lot. More often than not, it's someone hoping they've found a goldmine at their local yard sale. Rob Lifson's job is to break the bad news....

In the following essay, Johnson focuses on the Southern Mines of California, suggesting that because of such factors as the ethnic diversity of the region and its “unruly history” (which did not coincide with typical American tales of success), the Southern Mines have been virtually forgotten by twentieth-century society.

In the following essay, Stoneley focuses on the theme of male-male relationships in the works of Bret Harte and Mark Twain, illustrating how these gold rush writers reflected the changing nature of homosocial ties in the American West during the mid- to late-nineteenth century.

In the following essay, Morrow details the birth and growth of the Western local color movement, emphasizing the contributions of such figures as Bret Harte and Mark Twain.

The California "Gold Rush" of the 1840s was a mass migration to California after gold was discovered. Americans and people from around the world used the discovery of gold to begin new lives as many foreigners worked the mines.

Essay provides a description of the California Gold Rush.

The Goldrush in 1849 and how it affected the growth of the United States.