To locals and visitors alike, she’s the jovial bartender welcoming everyone to Washington, a former Gold Rush boomtown ... a timeless appeal as the rest of California developed and evolved ...

Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous people in California dropped from ...

A boomtown of incredible wealth during the ... Nevada City was once a major player in the California Gold Rush. The entire downtown district is a national historic landmark, filled with ...