People & Events

Find out more about the People & Events featured in The Gold Rush.

Samuel Brannan (1819-1889)

Hiram (1810-1866) and Sara Pierce (1814-?)

Vicente Perez Rosales (1807-1886)

Antonio Franco Coronel (1817-1894)

Mexicans in the Gold Rush

Luzena Stanley Wilson (c. 1820-1902)

Alfred Doten (1829-1903)

Chinese Immigrants and the Gold Rush

Stephen Spencer Hill and African Americans in the Gold Rush

Gaming and Entertainment in Gold Rush Towns

The Gold Rush's Impact on California's Landscape

The California Gold Rush

Gold Rush

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