More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California ... New York to San Francisco to open a dry goods business during the gold rush.

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Nicholas Albrecht for The New York Times Supported by By Malcolm ... El Dorado County lies at the heart of California Gold Rush country, in the Sierra foothills just east of Sacramento.

A large part of Southern California around Los Angeles ... Holly Ramer in Concord, New Hampshire, Julie Walker in New York, Sophia Tareen in Chicago, Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia, and Mead ...

A large part of Southern California around Los Angeles is under this ... Associated Press journalists Jaimie Ding in Los Angeles, Holly Ramer in Concord, New Hampshire, Julie Walker in New York, ...

“It made my heart thump, for I was certain it was gold,” Marshall later would say. News of the riches would soon spread beyond across the United States, kick-starting a wave of mass migration to ...

Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and ...

On Oct. 8, 214 years ago, a baby boy was born in the town of Hopewell Township, New Jersey. His parents were farmers of English descent, he was the only boy of four children and he seemed set to ...