There's no better region of California to go looking for the crème-de-la-crème of Gold Rush towns than the official Gold Country. Strung along the western side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, it ...
DATES BACK TO 178 YEARS THIS WEEK, WHEN JAMES MARSHALL FOUND FLECKS OF GOLD ALONG THE SOUTH FORK OF THE AMERICAN RIVER. JANUARY 24TH, 1848. HE'S STANDING DOWN THERE, LOOKS DOWN AT HIS FEET, AND ...