Author Archive : Rachael R

Let’s set the scene on September 9, 1850. Stretching 760 miles, the population of California had boomed since the discovery of gold two years earlier. Joining the Indigenous Peoples who had lived there for

The sun is shining and summer is here. You know what that means…garage sale season is in full swing! A weekend passtime for millions of Americans, the garage sale can actually trace its roots

A symbol of the American people, the Statue of Liberty entered New York Harbor on June 17, 1885. Which means that this year is the 140th anniversary of her arrival in the United States.

When most people think of the American gold rush, they think of the Forty Niners. But almost fifty years before California made headlines, another state would see its golden claim to fame. Sixteen years