Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... of wealth forever altered the life expectations of the hundreds of ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first ... Where to stay: Camp at one of the lakeside tent sites at Whiskeytown ($25 a night), or stay ...

Harmony Blake works the bar on Mondays at the Washington Hotel, where she’s known around the Sierra town for her mean chicken piccata. To locals and visitors alike, she’s the jovial bartender ...

But that's only one part of the sta gold rush story ... and one, later in life, became governor of the state of California." In fact, Governor Peter Burnett, the first governor of California ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by ... of wealth forever altered the life expectations of the hundreds of ...