Bumping up against the west side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the Sierra foothills are where California’s past, present, and future merge into one unforgettable destination. The Gold Rush sparked the largest mass migration in America’s history,
As someone who likes to get off the beaten path, are there any particular historic gold rush towns or even ghost towns you would recommend in or around the LA/San Francisco area, which can be accessed via bus/taxi/public transport and would make for suitable day trips? I’ll be travell...
One of the best places to do it is in Jamestown, one of California’s original Gold Rush towns in Tuolumne County. Try your hand at prospecting—shops around town still sell gold-sifting pans. Ask to be shown the special swirl technique that helps separate tiny bits of the precious metal...
The California Gold Rush changed the country forever. 300,000 people came from across the US and every corner of the world to strike it rich. Dozens of towns sprang up overnight in what was once the backwaters of Mexico, sparsely populated with Native Americans. While the 1849 Gold Rush h...
What comes to mind when you picture Northern California? If you saidtowering redwoods, the granite peaks of Yosemite, and freshly shucked oysters, you wouldn’t be wrong! But we’ve also got gold rush towns, asnow-capped dormant volcano(true story), and plenty of Victorian-era houses. ...
Inside the Park - Take your time to visit the park and discover the gold rush era. Begin your visit at the Gold Rush Museum and Visitor Center, take a guided walk, then walk around the site and town (200 residents still live there). There are twenty historic buildings, plus the mill ...
The great "Gold Rush of 1849" caused California to be named "The Golden State". Even today, gold mining continues on a large scale. Gold ranks 3rd in California's mineral production. The state has produced over 150 million ounces of gold with most of that being produced in "The Mother ...
Let Gabby be your guide to California's historic, Gold Rush region of Amador County. Learn about gold panning, mining, geology, and history of the Mother Lode.
ran brothels and boarding houses in mining towns, none have told the true stories ofgold rushladies who labored as hard as men out in the mines. A wonderful collection of true Americana, this book includes archival photographs of lady miners as well as the mines and boomtowns of the1800s....
This forest-wrapped hamlet of handsome Victorian-era homes and tree-lined streets 60 miles northeast of Sacramento is one of Gold Country’s prettiest towns. Gold Rush history, wine, thriving gardens and fresh produce—it’s all in Nevada City. History