The 49ers' name also comes from a significant year in history: 1849, the peak year of the California Gold Rush. Real reason Kansas City Chiefs are called Chiefs as Taylor Swift effect boosts brand ...

The signature flavor of Golden Gate gastronomy — sourdough bread — rolled into the town with the fever of 1849. It's still ... during the California Gold Rush," said the same source.

In the spring of 1849 Luzena and Mason Wilson packed their ... Chile and China -- to make money in the gold rush economy. Louise Amelia Knapp Smith Clapp, who wrote about the mining camps under ...

The collections include items that reflect the state’s distant past (a hunk of algae older than the dinosaurs) and its vibrant present (Colin Kaepernick’s signed 49ers ... the world, a gold nugget and ...