COLOMA — If you’re looking ... bit further and you’ll spot the re-constructed Sutter mill, standing much as it did 170 years ago when gold was discovered on the South Fork of the American ...

Marshall found a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in Northern California, a discovery that sparked the California gold rush. As ...

This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era ... first celebrated in Coloma in 1948 – 100 years after Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma.

In 1849, people flocked to California in search of gold. These gold hunters were called the 49ers, which also inspired the name of Highway 49—the "Mother Lode" route connecting the state's Gold Rush ...

Sutter's Mill, California, where John Augustus Sutter struck gold, accidentally starting the gold rush. Photo by MPI/Getty ... in what’s now California’s Coloma Valley when he noticed ...

An 1849 handbill from the California Gold Rush. PD. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill on January 24 ... immigrant John Sutter was building near Coloma. When news of gold reached San Francisco ...

Then, the first glinting rock was discovered in the American River at Sutter’s Mill, near Coloma (40 miles east ... and outdoor activities along with gold rush sites. Here’s how to explore.

His subject was Claude Chana, a French miner en route to Sutter’s Mill in 1848 who got lucky ... plus an exhibit of Gold Rush artifacts, including a 44-pound gold leaf specimen, the largest ...

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 ...

A replica of a cabin that played a crucial role in the gold rush is now open to the public in Coloma. A ribbon cutting was held for the Mormon Workers Cabin over the weekend at the Marshall Gold ...

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.