Gold prospectors also ran roughshod over California’s environment ... San Francisco to open a dry goods business during the gold rush. He patented a technique for making long-lasting pants ...

James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush when he spotted some pea-sized bits of gold in a mill raceway. The news brought thousands of prospectors to the area, but neither Marshall nor ...

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 ...