By Lindsay Weber Click here for updates on this story AUBURN, California (KCRA) -- A teenager was rescued by Cal Fire crews after ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at ... Towns with names like Hangtown, Sucker Flat, and Murderers Bar sprouted in every promising crevice of the Sierras.

Rich Bar would produce some $23 million of gold ($561 million in 2005 dollars). The discovery of silver on the other side of the Sierras in Nevada brought an end to the California gold rush ...

Coloma, California Begin at the epicenter of the California Gold Rush, where James Marshall first ... with saloons (complete with card tables and bar stools), mine shafts and historic houses.

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, fueling Stockton's rapid growth, many are still digging for riches all over California.

"The post-gold rush era was the most dangerous time in our history to be a California Indian. Most people did not survive it," Lim said. Greed for gold in California was pushed through violent ...