Digital technology has interconnected people and services, but  global governance driven by mercantilist interests have led ...

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An anthropologist from California got more than he bargained for during a secret journey into the Nevada desert - coming face ...

So many prospectors flocked to San Francisco during the gold rush in California that the city's population rose from 1,000 to 25,000 between 1848 and 1849. The discovery of gold at Sutter’s Mill in ...

The news of the discovery resulted in approximately 300,000 people to California over the next few years, an era that has come to be known as the GOLD RUSH. By the beginning of 1849, the news of ...

Collectible coins can fetch a hefty price, but one in particular, the 1848 CAL Liberty Head quarter, has achieved something of a holy grail status among collectors. As the first coins minted from ...

Spring, even in drought years, is the time for California wildflowers to burst ... valleys east into Sierra foothills, linking to Gold Rush sites, cute towns with mining and logging history ...

honoring the route thousands of Cherokee and other emigrants traveled during the California Gold Rush era. The Cherokee Trail, established in 1849, ran over 900 miles from the Cherokee Nation in ...

Manly’s book, Death Valley in ’49, stands as one of the few surviving records of the journey in history, capturing not only ...