Union Gold Bluffs Placer Mine

In 1881 John Chapman and one other party owned and operated the Gold Bluff mines. Chapman and his men watched the beaches closely, and when the "gray sands" began to go out, it constituted a signal to commence operations.

Meanwhile, ...

Gold Bluffs

In spring of 1850, J. K. Johnson and several companions headed north from Trinidad to look for the mouth of the Trinity. In passing up the beach, they saw gold grains in the sand. On their return, only gravel was ...

Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

The Seattle Unit of the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park commemorates the city's role as the most important staging area for the gold rush of the 1890s. When the steamer S. S. Portland arrived in the harbor on July ...

Alaska's Gold Rush Era

Gold discoveries brought Alaska and the Yukon to the attention of the world. A series of stampedes occurred over more than three decades. Drawn by dreams of gold, men and women from many places and all walks of life participated ...

Tanana Valley Gold

The gold deposit found in 1902 north of present-day Fairbanks proved to be the richest in Alaska. Prospector Felix Pedro and trader E.T. Barnette played key roles in the discovery and initial rush. A second strike made the following summer ...

The Mammoth Consolidated Gold Mine

Mammoth’s famous gold mining boom began in 1877 and ended abruptly in 1881 when the Mammoth Mining Company’s property was sold at a sheriff’s sale. Miners have contributed to prospect and mine Red Mountain on a small scale to this ...

Cuba's Gold Star Boys aboard the Blue Bonnet Frisco Train

During World War II the Blue Bonnet, a Frisco train named after the Texas state flower, was a familiar sight with its distinctive blue and white cars. The train was a major form of transportation from 1927 to 1967, and ...

56 Gold Street

Jackson Square

Historic District

Has been place on the

National Register

of Historic Places

By the United States

Department of the Interior

1971

Marker is on Gold Street east of Montgomery Street, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gold Medal Plaza

Dedicated to these three Garfield High School athletes who took our community to ‘A Level Above’.

Terre Haute - parks & recreation

Gold Medal Sponsors

City of Terre Haute

A Friend of Union Hospital

First Financial Bank

Garfield High School Alumni

Private ...

Turning Water into Gold

The Rising Tide of History in the Trinity Unit of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area

By 1956 the Gold Rush was only an echo along the river now covered by Trinity and Lewiston Lakes. The abandoned remnants of fevered mining activity ...