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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
The unquenchable demand for gold spurred a mass migration and fueled the genocide of Native communities Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter ...
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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, 1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen ...