Coloma celebrates James Marshall’s discovery of gold with Gold Discovery Day
This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and Gold ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
The Discovery of Gold on This Date in 1848 at Sutter’s Creek Kicked Off the California Gold Rush and Transformed America
Between 1848 and 1855, California produced an estimated 750,000 pounds of gold. After that the take gradually declined, and by the end of the decade it was over. But not its impact: The Gold Rush may ...
Deseret News archives: Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, creating more westward rush
On Jan. 24, 1848, gold was found in California's American River. Mormon pioneers, members of Mormon Battalion were among the ...
Oakdale Leader6d
Coloma discovery 177 years ago triggered the great migration
The scenery in itself makes it a classic Sunday — or Saturday — drive as you pass through or by historic mining towns such as ...
Alton Telegraph on MSN7d
January 24, gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California
On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the ...
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The California Gold Rush
An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24 ... immigrant John Sutter was building near Coloma. When news of gold reached San Francisco ...
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First Day Hikes take place across California
California lawmakers on both sides of the ... the day James Marshall discovered gold on January 24, 1848, at Sutter's Mill in Coloma. The Solano County Sheriff's Office has brought back a program ...