No I'm not talking about Joe Montana and Jerry Rice. I'm talking about the men and women of the California Gold Rush. One of the most important time periods in shaping California's history, and the namesake of that fabled San Francisco 49ers football franchise. But beyond mere fable, what are the facts? What really happened? The full story of California's Gold Rush history. Many of us remember from our grade school encounter with California history that James Marshall discovered gold a [...]
