About a decade before silver was discovered in Nevada, the West’s first consequential mining boom occurred on the other side of the Sierra Nevada near a place called Coloma. In 1839, John Sutter ...

Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter struck gold, accidentally starting the gold rush. Photo by MPI/Getty Images On January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James ...

Long before the famous rush at Sutter’s Mill, gold was discovered near Los Angeles—under a now-legendary oak tree. We visit the Oak of the Golden Dream to explore the history, the myth, and whether ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. When James Marshall discovered gold at ...

In the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, former mining hamlets appeal to hikers, historians, and foodies. A replica of Sutter’s Mill, where gold was first spotted in Northern California, is ...

Everyone knows Sutter’s Mill, but few know that gold was discovered in Placerita Canyon six years earlier. This video investigates the real story of Francisco Lopez, the oak tree, and a dream that ...