Is it gold, or is it… older than Earth?” That question probably never once crossed David Hole’s mind when, in 2015, he swept ...

"Western author and historian John Boessenecker has produced an instant classic, with his new book 'Bring Me The Head of ...

After the discovery of a 17-pound nugget in Little Meadow Creek, North Carolina, the state became a major hotbed of gold mining as a part of the first American gold rush in 1799. Early discoveries ...

Victor was once so big the town scored a New York Times headline in 1899. Unfortunately, it was to report bad news: “Fire in a Colorado Town: Business Section of Victor, Near Cripple Creek, Destroyed ...

DAY THAT’S AT 10:00. THE EVENTS, BY THE WAY, ARE FREE. WELL, NOW TO OUR EXPLORER OUTDOORS. TODAY IN CALIFORNIA’S GOLD RUSH, HISTORY COMES TO LIFE WITH THIS WEEKEND IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS. KCRA 3’S ...

For rich California Gold Rush history and a lush recreation area filled with trails and wildlife, plan a trip to this ...

It’s a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mishmash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes, swaths of ...

On this Jewish History Month, Fox40 looks back at the Jewish History in Northern California. (FOX40.COM) — Hundreds of thousands of immigrants descended upon Northern California during the height of ...

Once upon a time, in 1848, a man could walk into the wilderness on the brink of poverty and emerge, caked in mud, dust and days-old sweat, a multimillionaire. The discovery of gold in California in ...

Those yearning to live out their “Yellowstone” dreams—without the despair and drama—could make them come true with the stunning Heart Rock Ranch nestled in California’s Gold Rush Country. The stunning ...