Treasure hunters recover the $1.9 million gold shipment that sank while enroute to New York. The recovery included 5200 newly minted Double Eagle coins.An original account by James Marshall on his dis
The land grants made in California were private rancho grants. The California missions held much of the best land in trust for the Indians. When the missions were secularized in 1833, many Indians cho
California sent more volunteers, about 17,000 men, to fight in the American Civil War, more than any other state in the Union. Volunteers fought in 31 engagements, most in the Shenandoah Valley. Other