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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
On 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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Coloma celebrates James Marshall’s discovery of gold with Gold Discovery Day
COLOMA, Calif. – This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and Gold Discovery Park Association will commemorate the ...
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Major "Strikes" in the California Gold Rush
An astounding amount of gold was pulled from the ground during the California gold rush. In 1852 the take for the year was $80 million ($1.9 billion in 2005 dollars). This map shows some of the ...
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The California Gold Rush
Sandwiched between the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the Civil War in 1861, the California Gold Rush is considered by many historians to be the most significant event of the first half of the ...
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There’s a Better Way to Teach the California Gold Rush
In that telling, in January 1848, carpenter James Marshall found flakes of gold while building a water-powered sawmill for John Sutter along the American River, around 50 miles from modern Sacramento.
Deseret News archives: Gold discovered at Sutter’s Mill in 1848, creating more westward rush
A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found a ...