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 ...

If Marshall Gold Discovery gets overlooked among ... As any elementary school student should be able to tell you, Coloma is the site of John Sutter's lumber mill where, thanks to the keen eye ...

COLOMA, Calif. – This weekend, you can step back in time to California’s gold rush era. Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic ... with the blacksmith on-site Games and activities for children ...

Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park in Coloma will come alive on Saturday, June 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the ...

“Reexamining our past,” as the department calls it, was launched in 2020 to tell a more inclusive story at Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, site of the history-changing fin ...

Take a road trip with us, to Coloma and Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, just a bit more than an hour from San Joaquin County. In the 1840s, Sacramento’s Captain John Sutter was ...

On the morning of Jan. 24, 1848, James Marshall made a discovery that would forever change the trajectory of California. In a creek near the town of Coloma, a remote community wedged in the ...

DAY THAT’S AT 10:00. THE EVENTS, BY THE WAY, ARE FREE. WELL, NOW TO OUR EXPLORER OUTDOORS. TODAY IN CALIFORNIA’S GOLD RUSH, HISTORY COMES TO LIFE WITH THIS WEEKEND IN THE SIERRA FOOTHILLS.

When James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma in 1848 ... About 30 miles south of the Marshall Gold Discovery Site, in the community of Sutter Creek, is the Lincoln Mine ...