Learn more about the gold strike in California and the gold rush that followed. Learn about the prospectors ("49ers") who traveled to California from all over the world to try and strike it rich.

Learn how the California Gold Rush transformed the region while revealing deep racial injustices. Explore the violent displacement of Native Americans, the impact of the Foreign Miners' Tax on Chinese and Hispanic miners, and how white...

Follow the story of the California Gold Rush, from James Marshall's discovery to the mass migration of hopeful miners known as the Forty-Niners. Learn how the promise of quick riches drew people from around the world, transforming...

Discover the story of the California Gold Rush—when thousands of people rushed west in search of gold and a better life. This easy-to-understand video explains how it all started, what life was like for miners, and how the Gold Rush...

Learn more about the gold strike in California and the gold rush that followed. Learn about the prospectors ("49ers") who traveled to California from all over the world to try and strike it rich.

Discover how the California Gold Rush reshaped the United States, from the rise of the Transcontinental Railroad to the lasting effects on Native and Chinese communities. Learn how the Gold Rush set the stage for California's...

Discover how the California Gold Rush faded as the gold dried up and mining became industrialized. Learn about the rise of hydraulic mining, the environmental damage it caused, and the shift from dreams of riches to harsh labor. See...

After the California Gold Rush of 1848, settlers streamed west to strike it rich. In addition to precious metals, they unearthed another treasure: dinosaur bones. Two wealthy scientists in particular— Othniel Charles Marsh and Edward...

In which John Green teaches you about the Mexican-American War in the late 1840s, and the expansion of the United States into the western end of North America. In this episode of Crash Course, US territory finally reaches from the...

The exciting story of the State of California comes alive in this informational and entertaining video program. Filled with archival footage, rare photos and animated maps combined with brilliant HD video, this program will teach...

A tribute to westward expansion, including the California Gold Rush and The Oregon Trail... set to the wonderful Hal Ketchum song "Some Place Far Away".

This is part 5 of a series on California history, specifically cover the Gold Rush of 1848-1860. Click here to see start the series from the beginninghttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru'...

This is part six of a series I’ve been doing on California history. If you haven’t seen the previous ones, that’s not necessary to see the other ones, but context is always useful. This can be viewed in isolation if you prefer though....

This video explores five fun facts about California.

San Francisco is famous for many things – but what you probably don’t know is that much of the city is made from ships that sank or were repurposed during the Gold Rush.

In the 19th century, the California gold rush brought thousands of settlers to America's west coast. But finding gold may have been easier than transporting it back east. The only hope for avoiding a grueling six month wagon journey was...

Daily life for Chinese-American immigrants in the 1800s was made difficult by dangerous, low-paying jobs and discrimination from white Americans. Chinese-American immigrants first came to the States in the 1840s during the California...

Wyoming and Colorado are two states that would appear to have many similarities. Location, physical geography, history and even their very shapes mirror each other in interesting ways. However, Colorado has ten times the population as...

Stephen H. Long mapped much of the unexplored American West – but he made one big mistake that set Western migration back decades.

From the displacement of Native peoples to the enforcement of Jim Crow, the history of U.S. land policy and practice is a history of inequi¬ties. Gold rush-era Chinese workers and Blacks fleeing Southern racism were barred from...

Welcome back to Future Puppet News! Where puppets from the year 3000 travel through space and time to cover Earth's important historical events! The studio is abuzz with lotto fever as they select the Future Puppet Powerball Numbers! The...