Chapter 6: Visiting History
- Miwoks' less-than-golden fate recalled at park -- Indian Grinding Rock displays 15,000-year-old artifacts.
- Columbia State Historic Park is picture-perfect -- Present and past merge at preserved Gold Rush town
- Nuggets of history still found where gold was discovered -- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park sates authenticity seekers.
- A new park hugs the South Yuba River -- South Yuba River State Park doesn't lack for scenery -- or historic connections.
- Empire Mine was California's biggest, most productive operation -- Grass Vally's state historic park keeps mining alive for visitors.
- Malakoff Diggins is pure gold -- Diggins showcase the beautiful effects of environmentally ugly hydraulic mining.
- Pan for history at the Oakland Museum of California -- 'Gold Rush!' just one reason to visit Oakland Museum.
- Cavern near Volcano is latest tourist site -- Stephen Fairchild owns five "show caves" in Mother Lode and Calaveras County.
- Golden memories glitter in Coloma -- Gold Discovery Days kicks off a three-year, statewide celebration of the 1848 discovery of gold, the 1849 Gold Rush and subsequent statehood in 1850.
- Hunt history or hide away in Nevada City -- This foothills town in the north end of the Gold Country offers plenty of escapes and escapades.
- Nevada County boasts own Gold Rush parks -- Malakoff Diggins and Empire Mine State Historic Parks highlight Nevada County's own gilt past.
- Wells Fargo museums -- Two museums in Sacramento and others in California explore the various stages of money.
- Couple blazes historic trails -- Couple's book outlines trails that miners followed to where the gold was and opens door to Yuba County backcountry.
