Instead, you can indulge in a pleasant afternoon tea at Columbia Kate's and then stock ... There's plenty to do in the heart ...

While not as cool as a time-travel machine, your car can send you back to a significant period in California history. An annual event coming up at Columbia State Historic Park will immerse people of ...

Once the Gold Rush ended, China Camp emptied ... the grand finale for the frontier towns that stud California’s landscape will be, but in Columbia, at least, the answer seems to swing towards ...

Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...

“Now, we just have to hope the market stays where it is.” While California has come a long way since the gold rush, many of its mining towns haven’t. In its 19th century heyday, Randsburg ...

President James K. Polk, at the end of a year of fantastical rumors of riches in the Sierra Nevada, ignited the California Gold Rush with his State of the Union address on this day in history ...

COLOMA, Calif. (AP) — In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now ...

your car can send you back to a significant period in California history. An annual event coming up at Columbia State Historic Park will immerse people of all ages into the time of the Gold Rush.