GR-001 · 1848
California · Coloma, on the American River
James W. Marshall — 1848, the Man Who Found the Gold
Sutter's Mill, Coloma · Died poor
GR-002 · 1848
California · San Francisco & the gold country
Samuel Brannan — California’s First Millionaire, and Last Pauper
San Francisco merchant · Died poor
GR-003 · 1851
California · Rich Bar & Indian Bar, Feather River
Louise Clappe (‘Dame Shirley’) — 1851, Letters from the Diggings
Rich Bar & Indian Bar · Enduring chronicler
GR-004 · 1859
Nevada · Virginia City
The Comstock Lode & Eilley Bowers — 1859, Nevada Silver
Comstock Lode, Virginia City · Went bust
GR-005 · 1897
Yukon · Dawson City & the Chilkoot Pass
The Klondike & ‘Klondike Kate’ — 1897, the Last Great Rush
Klondike, Yukon · Mixed
GR-006 · 1896
Yukon · Bonanza (Rabbit) Creek
George Carmack, Skookum Jim & Dawson Charlie — 1896, the Strike That Started It
Bonanza Creek · Mixed
GR-007 · 1848
California · New Helvetia (Sacramento)
John Sutter — 1848, the Empire the Gold Destroyed
New Helvetia / Sutter's Fort · Went bust
GR-008 · 1849
Cape Horn & the Isthmus of Panama → San Francisco
The Forty-Niners by Sea — 1849, Around the Horn and Across Panama
Cape Horn / Panama route · Mixed
GR-009 · 1852
California · the southern mines
The Chinese Miners & the Foreign Miners’ Tax — 1850s California
Southern mines · Dispossession
GR-010 · 1849
California · the goldfields
The California Indian Catastrophe — the Rush’s Hidden Toll
California goldfields · Genocide
GR-011 · 1854
Australia · Ballarat, Victoria
The Eureka Stockade — 1854, the Diggers’ Rebellion (Victoria)
Ballarat diggings · Rebellion
GR-012 · 1862
British Columbia · Barkerville, Williams Creek
Billy Barker & the Cariboo Rush — 1862, British Columbia
Williams Creek · Died poor
GR-013 · 1859
Colorado · the Front Range & Gregory Gulch
The Pikes Peak Rush & ‘Pikes Peak or Bust’ — 1859, Colorado
Gregory Gulch · Mixed
GR-014 · 1829
Georgia · Dahlonega & the Cherokee Nation
The Georgia Gold Rush & the Cherokee — 1829, the First Rush
Dahlonega, Georgia · Dispossession
GR-015 · 1886
South Africa · Witwatersrand, Transvaal
George Harrison & the Witwatersrand — 1886, the Rush That Built Johannesburg
Witwatersrand, Transvaal · Fortune-lost