This 1849 map, printed by Ensigns & Thayer, a New York firm, offered advice to prospectors bound for the California gold fields during the rush of 1848-1864. A half-million people flooded into the ...

This map shows some of the important mines of the gold rush. James Marshall kicked off the California gold rush ... at the southern edge of the gold fields, was immensely lucrative; his Mexican ...

perhaps viewed as a floral representation of the ‘fields of gold’ sought during the gold rush.” The California poppy is commonly seen blooming in the spring and summer along country roads ...

Lured by tales of riches in the gold fields of California ... The Columbus and California association arrived in what contemporary maps labeled the “gold region” on Aug. 4.

Many of the 'Forty niners' crossed the United States from the east to the Gold fields of California in 'Conestoga' wagons, broad wheeled vehicles with canvas tops to protect the travelers and ...

When news of the discovery of gold in California spread around the world, thousands flocked to the West to try to strike it rich. In 1849 alone, 42,000 people traveled overland, 1,500 took a route ...

All of those were made at the San Francisco mint, founded in 1854 to process the nuggets that prospectors were finding in the newly discovered California gold fields. But at least one of the coins ...

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