TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Firefighters are battling a series of wildfires that erupted in north-central California after thousands of lightning strikes were ...

Was there gold in them there hills? Yes. Long before San Diego became known for its beaches, research labs, and urban growth, the mountains to the east briefly thrived with the promise of gold.

CHINESE CAMP, Calif. — One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners driven out ...

There's gold in them thar hills... well, figuratively. The ore that sparked the American West's Gold Rush is mostly long gone, but California is still dotted with tiny towns left over from the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TUOLUMNE COUNTY, Calif. (AP) — A ...