A collection of primary source photos from 19th-century California which portray what everyday life was like during the California Gold Rush.

A collection of primary source materials and informational text that looks at law and order in the "wild west" of California, identifying changing ethnicity in a growing population seeking gold and other resources.

The physical characteristics, history, and mining of gold in California are examined in this thorough site.

This CalGoldRush.com site discusses the role of the Chinese immigrants during the gold rush in California and the mark they made on history.

This site contains information on the dramatic impact of the California Gold Rush. From "The History of California," published in 1897.

This resource contains information on the development of culture in California during the gold rush. Culture developed in spite of the harsh conditions and tough people.

Contains an article on the discovery of gold in California at Sutter's Mill that resulted in the California Gold Rush.

At this comprehensive site, students learn about the first cross-country mail courier service in the United States, the Pony Express.

Lesson on immigration, conflict and nativism in which students examine primary source documents to evaluate public policy and attitudes towards Chinese immigrants in California, 1878-1879.

After reading this section of a chapter on "Westward Expansion," students will be able to identify the causes of the Mexican-American War and describe the outcomes of the war in 1848 and the effect of the California Gold Rush on westward...

This site from the National Parks Service gives a brief history, and description of the California trail system which was used by settlers moving to California during the 1849 Gold Rush days.

Discusses the conflict with Mexican American and Chinese groups as white settlers pushed westward in the nineteenth century. Explains what brought so many Chinese immigrants to America and the roadblocks and discrimination that they had...