The unquenchable demand for gold ... Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter struck gold, accidentally starting the gold rush. Photo by MPI/Getty Images On January 24, 1848, American ...

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 ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that sparked ...

Jan. 24 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1848, gold was discovered at John Sutter's mill near Sacramento. The discovery touched off the great gold rush of 1849. Advertisement In 1908 ...

There are 341 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discovery that sparked the California ...

The California gold rush began in 1848, when gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California. The news of gold brought 300,000 people from across the U.S. and abroad to California.

There are 341 days left in the year. Today in history: 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 ...

Moving back even further in time, we find ourselves in 1848, when the California Gold Rush officially began. On January 24, James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, igniting a frenzy ...