The California Gold Rush (1848 - 1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, ...

The story of the Benwell crazy quilt, in the collections of the Bess Bower Dunn Museum of Lake County, is one of a pioneering family and the...

This charming old-timer is Clark Corser (1817-1909), an early settler of Benton Township. Clark and his parents, Nathaniel and Martha,...