Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a ...

You can see a lot of mid- to late-19th century buildings throughout the Gold Country serving as stores and restaurants today but nothing on the scale as Columbia State Park.

A new lesson plan centers Native American perspectives on the violence of Western expansion Anne Wallentine - History Correspondent A lesson plan from the National Museum of the American Indian seeks ...

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 ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the foothills ...