Gold Discoveries Trigger Stampede

Prospectors found gold in 1895 under the present Canyon Creek Highway Bridge and on Mills Creek. Those discoveries launched a rush to Turnagain Arm more than a year before the Klondike Gold Rush.

Prospectors Poke Around

After gold was discovered near Hope ...

Gold Rush Crossroads

The community of Big Delta began during the Gold Rush era as a trading post and roadhouse serving prospectors and travelers.

Known for many years as McCarty, Big Delta was a link in the paths of travel and trade. It was ...

Early Gold Mining

Placer gold was discovered along Coker Creek in 1831. For a time there was feverish digging; $80,000 of Coker Creek gold was mined between 1831 and 1854. Since then there has been sporadic mining here.

Marker is at the intersection of ...

Discovery of Gold at Gold Hill

The tablet commemorates the

discovery of gold-bearing quartz

and the beginning of quartz mining

in California

The discovery was made on

Gold Hill

by

George Knight

October 1850

The occurrence of gold-bearing quartz was undoubtedly noted here and elsewhere about the same time or previously, but the above discovery ...

Reverend Charles F.X. Goldsmith

December 22, 1845 - November 24, 1890

Charles was born in Rochester, New York. At the early age of thirteen he entered the provincial seminary of St. Francis near Milwaukee. He graduated in 1864 and then entered the American College at ...

Honey Run Covered Bridge / Gold Dredge

Honey Run Bridge

Erected

1894

By George Miller

Gold Dredge

The first bucket line gold dredge to operate below the covered bridge used this tumbler – 1898.

Marker is at the intersection of Honey Run Road and Centerville Road, on the right when traveling north on ...

Golden Tigers and Class of 1942 Cadet Life Garden

The Cadet Life Garden

The Cadet Life Garden is dedicated to a special period in Clemson history. From its foundation until 1956, Clemson was an all-military college, one of seven in the nation. The student body was organized as a Corps ...

Goldmine

Goldmine Consolidated School was created by the combination of Sandy Grove and Old Goldmine Schools in 1924. It’s size was augmented by Duncan’s pupils when the school was closed in the early 1930s. Grades one through nine were taught in ...

Navigating the Golden Gate - Bonfires, buoys, and foghorns

Deep channels make San Francisco’s remarkable harbor accessible to immense ships. On the other hand, a narrow entrance, swift currents, high winds, rocks, and fog make navigating the Golden Gate treacherous. Early mariners looked for on-shore bonfires, painted rocks, ...

Historic Shipwrecks - Lost at the Golden Gate

Swift tides, treacherous rocks, dense fog, and a narrow harbor entrance have always made San Francisco’s coast and port difficult to navigate. Over 300 known vessels have failed to make the passage and sank in the cold, treacherous waters.