Countless of California's Gold Rush towns rapidly flourished and then subsequently burnt out. Placerville, a city located in El Dorado County, was no different. Dating back to the late 1840s ...

Placerville, once known as Hangtown ... Like many get-rich-quick quests, the California gold rush caused a wave of destruction. During the peak years of the gold rush, the population of indigenous ...

Built during the Gold Rush more than a century and a half ago, Cary House Hotel in Placerville is one of the oldest hotels in all of California. It’s served as a gold exchange and a gambling ...

Six years before the famed California Gold Rush of 1848, another discovery of gold had already taken place in Santa Clarita’s ...

After his mother died, he followed the Gold Rush to California and eventually settled in Putah Creek near Placerville. In 1856, Genoa faced particularly heavy winter storms. The postal service ...