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Coloma celebrates James Marshall’s discovery of gold with Gold Discovery Day
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic ... visitor center for a presentation on James Marshall and John Sutter about their work building Sutter’s Mill. At 2 p.m. volunteers will be at the ...
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Deseret News archives: Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, creating more westward rush
On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush. As many as 25,000 miners headed to California ...
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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 America
O n January 24, 1848, American carpenter and sawmill operator James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. The discovery‚ facilitated by ...
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We're poised for a lunar ‘gold rush'
On a cold January morning in 1848, James Marshall was busy building a lumber mill in northern ... realized he had found gold in "them thar hills." His chance discovery marked the opening of ...
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Take a Sneak at the Gold Discovery Day event in Coloma
On Saturday, the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma will be holding a special event on Saturday to commemorate the day James Marshall discovered gold on January 24, 1848, at ...