The Gold Nugget That Launched 100,000 Stampeders
On August 16, 1896, four prospectors found gold on a Yukon creek and sparked the Klondike Gold Rush, one of history's greatest migrations.
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A Sparkle in the Millrace: The Discovery That Built California
On January 24, 1848, James Marshall spotted gold flakes at Sutter's Mill, setting off the California Gold Rush and the largest mass migration in U.S. history.