Men, women and their families arrived in large numbers to northern California with the dream of striking it rich during the mid-19th century. What most people don't know about the California Gold Rush ...

Nature sometimes brings forth animals with fur or skin that seems as if it has been smeared with gold in the forests, rivers, and grasslands. The effect is an effulgent yellow, amber, and shiny gold ...

The first miner must have been shocked when, after a hard day’s work, he was greeted by a monkey with a red jacket playing a hand organ. During the California Gold Rush era of the late 1840s and 1850s ...

Humans have been using animals as pets, beasts of burden, and food probably for as long as we have been human. Over that time span, we have built up some very interesting relationships with animals ...