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The Discovery of Gold on This Date in 1848 at Sutter’s Creek Kicked Off the California Gold Rush and Transformed AmericaAmerican carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The discovery‚ facilitated by Native American guides who knew ...
Take a step back in time to the days before gold was discovered in California with a visit to Sutter's Fort. In 1839, Swiss immigrant John Sutter built what became known as Sutter’s Fort ...
The news brought thousands of prospectors to the area, but neither Marshall nor his employer John Sutter prospered from the find. Another employee of Sutter, John Bidwell, made his own strike ...
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