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Author Bret Harte relates the story of the discovery of gold in California at Sutter's Mill, and how that discovery changed the history of the west forever.

California Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with claim-jumping and treachery.

A prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are brewing and his past is coming back to haunt him. A surveyor and his crew scouts the town as a location for a new railroad line and a young woman suddenly appears in the town and is evidently the man's daughter.

Set during the dying embers of the American Gold Rush, two orphaned Chinese-American immigrants navigates a brutal, unforgiving Western frontier.

Uncover the rugged history, desert wildlife, and hidden secrets of the California desert. This documentary dives deep into the rich human stories of Joshua Tree National Park, from its ancient Indigenous roots to the wild frontier era. Explore the historic cattle drives and rugged cattlemen who crossed this harsh terrain, alongside legendary stories of Keys Ranch, historic gold mines, the famous pursuit of Willie Boy, and frontier shootouts to see how this stark wilderness shaped American history.