Cheryl Anne StappJul 15, 20202 minThe Next Big Gold StrikeSeveral weeks elapsed after the January 1848 gold discovery before people started believing it was genuine…and then events started...
Cheryl Anne StappJul 8, 20201 minFormerly, The ForksDownieville sits in a magnificent, rugged, wooded natural amphitheater surrounded by lofty, pine-covered peaks. The town, founded in late...
Cheryl Anne StappJul 1, 20201 minThe 1887 Land RushFor twenty years southern California had poured money, and millions of printed brochures, into a publicity campaign to attract settlers...
Cheryl Anne StappJun 24, 20201 minThe Silver Bullion Heist It is still called Bullion Bend. It is a stretch of curving old stage road that once continued on from Placerville, California to Carson...