On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the ...
When you think of downtown bars, you probably immediately think "Tenderloin." Nowadays, that is entirely true with bars such as the Gangway, Aunt Charlie's and Club OMG, which are actually more ...
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 ...
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