
A Journey into California’s Gold Rush
El Dorado County is still an undiscovered destination by many tourists, but it was wildly popular during the California Gold Rush. Discovery of gold in 1848 sparked the largest mass migration in U.S. history, with more than 300,000 pioneers heading west. During California’s Gold Rush, over 25 million ounces of gold were mined from the Sierra Nevada foothills. The region…