Historic Traveler S01 E02 Gold Rush and Gun Fights

Gold rush and Gun fights takes viewers back to that turbulent time in the American west when gold and silver discoveries created boomtowns overnight and set the stage for both lawmakers and lawbreakers. Gold rush will visit the restored structures and museums of Sacramento, California, the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park where the rush started and the Columbia State Historic Park, the best preserved mining town in the Mother Lode country. The gunfighters will follow in the footsteps of many of the most notorious characters of American history. From the O.K. Corral in Tombstone to a Jeep tour from Tucson to Wilcox, Arizona you will experience the truly wild wild west. An additional side trip will be made to the Lincoln State Monument, site of the three day shoot-out of the Lincoln Country War and the location that helped build the reputation of Billy the Kid.